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TIL That during a duet between John Lennon and Chuck Berry on a 1972 episode of 'The Mike Douglas Show' the show's sound engineer cut off the mic of Yoko Ono who had been interrupting with incomprehensible wailing during a rendition of 'Memphis Tennessee'.

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d81Dd TIL that the elements Uranium, Neptunium, and Plutonium were all named after their respective planets. Even if Pluto was stripped of planetary status it's still got 1 more element named after it than Jupiter!
9YDNX TIL - The Red Peppers used in Tabasco Sauce are made into a Pepper Mash and aged in decommissioned white oak bourbon barrels sourced from different distilleries around the US.
r7Ad TIL The highest peak east of the Mississippi,Mount Mitchell was named after Elisha Mitchell, who, when verifying his measurements of the mountain, fell to his death at one of the falls on the mountain…Which they ended up naming “Mitchell Falls”.
Mnom TIL a man staying in an inward-looking hotel room at Rogers Centre (Toronto) was caught masturbating during a baseball game in full view of the stands, thinking the windows were one-way. Patrons must now sign contracts stipulating that they will not perform lewd acts within view of the stadium.
RVp7 TIL that in 1978 a lone pilot flying in Australia reported to air traffic control that he was being accompanied by an aircraft above him. Asked to identify the aircraft, he radioed “It isn’t an aircraft”. His plane disappeared and has never been found.