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TIL The Doors 1968 song, "Touch Me", was originally called, "Hit Me." Lead singer Jim Morrison requested the lyrics be changed, afraid rowdy crowds would take the song as an invitation to assault him

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yQ4re TIL that Jean-Paul Sartre, Nobel prize winning philosopher, suffered a bad trip after using Mescaline, in which he thought he was menaced by sea creatures. For years following this, he consistently believed that he was being followed by lobsters.
nJv9 TIL the name for the 9mm Parabellum is derived from the latin adage, “Si vis pacem, para bellum.” If you seek peace, prepare for war.
MlAb TIL that crabs line up from biggest to smallest and exchange shells when a single new shell washes ashore.
Wkm09 TIL The Sopranos creators were often contacted by the FBI and told that actual mobsters, whose conversations were picked up by wiretaps, had plenty to say about the show. They considered the show's portrayal of the mob life so dead-on, they thought one of their own was was working on the inside.
wLVnJ TIL that the copy of Charlie Hebdo magazine released after the terror attack, sold nearly 8 million copies, compared to their prior usual of 60,000 copies.