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TIL that Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon album remained on the Billboard 200 list for 15 years straight.

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5JpB TIL that a third string catcher, Moe Berg, toured Japan with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in 1934 while working as a US spy. Berg spoke 12 languages and eventually spied on the Nazis during WWII. When presented the report to the president, Roosevelt responded “Give my regards to the catcher.”
69Qjm TIL Queen, originally called "Smile," almost left "Bohemian Rhapsody" off their album due to its length and unconventionality. But with fan support, it became one of the most beloved songs in music history.
epmNb TIL that from 2012-2013, large and precisely cut pieces of flesh were found in sewers by workers on 3 separate occasions. These pieces were DNA tested and found out to be chunks of flesh from an unknown human being. There is no culprit to date
KYZr4 TIL of Claude Ruggieri who launched the first living animals into the air by rocket, returning them safely to earth by parachute. In 1830, French authorities stopped his attempt at the first human rocket flight when the test subject was found to be an 11 year old boy.
D1rng TIL residents of the Delmarva Peninsula have proposed that its Maryland and Virginia portions secede from their respective states, merging with Kent County and Sussex County, Delaware, to create the state of Delmarva.