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TIL the Beatles were not legally dissolved as a band until 1974 when John Lennon signed the final contract while on vacation at Disney World in Florida

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4kgob TIL pythons and boas have vestigial or leftover pelvic girdles and hind limbs that show up externally as a pair of "spurs" near the base of the tail. Male pythons use these spurs during courtship and mating.
gM7Ny TIL of the USS Yorktown. A US navy ship that was left "dead in the water" after a member of the crew accidentally tried to divide by 0 on it's computers. This caused many of the ship's computer systems to crash, including propulsion resulting in it needing towing back to port.
LkQOV TIL During the repatriation of Cossacks from NJ to the Soviets, Barbiturates were put in their coffee to put them in a coma, for a "speedy return to Stalin's hangmen"
6E7V8 TIL that Andrew Carnegie, starting in the late 1800s, funded the construction of almost 1700 public libraries across the country, and over 800 abroad, for any town that would agree to set aside the land, and 10% of the construction cost annually to maintain it.
j6RNM TIL of Albert. A Black-browed albatross that became stuck in the northern Atlantic in the 1960s and has been visiting British Gannet colonies for over 50 years searching for a mate he can never find.