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TIL in 1974 Lorne Michaels offered $3000 on SNL for the Beatles to reunite, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, both of whom happened to be watching the show together at Lennons home, considered walking over to the studio just a few blocks away, but decided not to because they were tired.

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0d4X1 TIL that in 1948, a U.S. Air Force meteorologist suggested testing nuclear weapons on the East Coast but was rejected. Instead, the weapons were tested in the West and exposed millions of Americans to fallout.
vPL97 TIL that the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is one of the hottest and most inhospitable places on Earth, with temperatures often exceeding 50°C (122°F). Despite this, it’s home to vibrant acidic pools, salt flats, and even microorganisms that survive in extreme conditions.
1lvO TIL you can kill a tree just by removing a ring of bark on the main trunk.
6NlQ TIL Al-Jahiz, an Arabic scholar, wrote about evolution and natural selection 1,000 years before Charles Darwin
ADQNo TIL while filming Pirates of the Caribbean in London, Johnny Depp received a letter from a local 9 year old girl, who asked for help with "munity" against her teachers. Depp turned up with no warning at the school in full Jack Sparrow outfit, but advised against munity.