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TIL John Lennon originally wrote “Come Together” as a campaign song for Timothy Leary, who was running for governor of California at the time. When the song didn’t work out, Lennon took it to the Beatles. It was the last song all four Beatles cut together.

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GAPWQ TIL Via Transilvanica hiking trail in Romania is probably the longest outdoor art exhibition in the world. The path is 1400km long and for each kilometer there is an andesite stone bollard marking the trail, each one hand-sculpted with a unique design.
grBkb TIL for 18 days in 1520, Henry VIII & Francis I convened a celebration of "unmatched proportions" called The Field of Cloth of Gold which cost the equivalent of £15m ($19m). Ostensibly organized as an affirmation of the 2 kings’ friendship, it also afforded them both the chance “to outdo the other".
d86G8 TIL Dr. John R Brinkley successfully scammed the American public into believing he could transplant goat testicles into the scrotum of infertile men in order for them to conceive.
7rE8M TIL how the 1992 USA Men's basketball 'Dream Team' Olympic win was the highlight of the players' careers except Michael Jordan who said that the biggest benefit for him was that he learned more about his teammates' weaknesses. He later defeated Barkley, Malone, and Stockton in three NBA finals.
Aa9l TIL more than 60 percent of bankruptcies are the result of medical bills. In people’s time of greatest need, our medical system burdens them with debt.