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TIL All carrots were purple before the 17th century

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679Y TIL that there is an ancient Babylonian tablet dated from 1800 BCE which contains a list of Pythagorean Triples.
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jNOQp TIL background singers in the Beatles' All You Need Is Love include Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Moon, Graham Nash and Eric Clapton.
e06NJ TIL The longest musical performance in history is currently taking place in the church of St. Burchardi in Halberstadt, Germany. The performance of John Cage's "Organ²/ASLSP" started on Sept. 5, 2001, and is set to finish in 2640.
jNQoQ TIL that a 5 year-old boy called emergency services to order a McDonald's Happy Meal, because he got the wrong number - and the officer delivered it