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TIL that Elvis Presley was critical of the Beatles, stating that they “laid the groundwork for many of the problems we are having with young people by their filthy, unkempt appearances and suggestive music”

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neDVd TIL there is speculation that Martín Alonso Pinzón, the captain of the Pinta in Christopher Columbus' fleet and a major financial backer of the expedition, had already been to the New World in a voyage with French navigator Jean Cousin in 1488.
vKxr TIL that in 1869, Chinese and Irish labourers working on the Central Pacific Railway managed to lay down 10 miles of tracks in just one day, something that has never been matched since.
8eLRG TIL The oldest exercise chart in the world dates to 168BC from China. The exercises can be divided into three categories: 1) Postures of bodily and breathing exercises. 2) Imitating animal behaviour. 3) Exercises targeted at specific diseases.
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neN69 TIL in the scene where Jack Nicholson smashes down the door with an axe in ‘The Shining,’ the prop team used a weakened one so it would be easier to break. But Nicholson had previously been volunteer fire marshal and broke through the door so easily the prop team was forced to make a stronger door.