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TIL The Beatles were considering to name their 1969 album Everest and even flying to the Himalayas to shoot the cover photo. Instead, they named it Abbey Road and shot the cover photo in front of the studio.

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L8Mr TIL Nicolas Cage turned down a lead role in the Lord of the Rings franchise.
mMBE TIL a driver license in Arizona expires on your 65th birthday and until then, drivers only need new photos every 12 years.
NXEbe TIL that Klaus Voormann, who designed the iconic album cover for The Beatles "Revolver", also played bass on "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon, including the famous intro.
xQMD TIL that Togo the sled dog, who was part of the same mission to bring medicine to Nome, Alaska as the famous Balto, actually did the lion’s share of the work. Balto ran the last 55-miles of the journey, while Togo’s journey was the longest by 200 miles.
N75g6 TIL Le Bateau ("The Boat") by Henri Matisse, caused a minor stir when the Museum of Modern Art, New York, which housed it, hung the work upside-down for 47 days in 1961 until Genevieve Habert, a stockbroker, noticed the mistake and notified a guard.