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TIL Bob Dylan introduced the Beatles to drugs after he misheard the lyric “I can’t hide” as “I get high.”

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nkXP TIL that Morocco was the first country to recognize the US as an independent country and during the Revolutionary War, the Sultan of Morocco promised safe passage from Barbary Pirates for all merchant American ships traveling across the Atlantic
negro TIL For his Hitler biograpahy, Peter Longerich employed the diaries of Goebbels and the drafts of Hitler’s writings for his research into Hitler’s rise to power and his descent into madness. His increasingly irrational behavior lead to critical errors that hastened the Nazis’ defeat
kJZrg TIL that the Americano cocktail was made in Milan at Caffe Campari, the birthplace of Campari in the 1860s. An American man ordered a Campari and soda and he claimed it was too bitter. Several attempts later, he and the bartender toasted their triumph: an addition of vermouth to create the Americano
e0bNb TIL after four months of rejections Kim O'Grady added 'Mr.' to his name on resume/CV and almost immediately landed a job.
kOM67 TIL pressure-balanced devices, which prevent "flush-toilet-shower-scald issues" became required in residential building codes starting in 1997.