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Today I learned that the Beatles included occultist Aleister Crowley among the celebrities on their Sgt Pepper album cover

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QnB6 TIL when the first US ship arrived in China in 1785, the Chinese loved the American flag, calling it “as beautiful as a flower”. Since then, an informal Chinese name for the United States has been the “flower flag country”.
l18N TIL that the Dubai police fleet includes a Lamborghini, Ferrari and Bentley. This is to allow them to catch speeders who can outrun other cars
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W7Md9 TIL lead vocalist, bassist, & founding member of the band Biohazard and actor Evan Seinfeld is a second cousin of comedian and actor Jerry Seinfeld. The two appeared together on an SNL skit crossing over Oz and Seinfeld.
nP6B TIL Winston Churchill received a prescription for alcohol when he visited the United States during prohibition, his Doctor writing, “The quantity [prescribed] is naturally indefinite”.