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TIL in the cover art for Sgt Pepper’s, John Lennon requested that both Hitler and Jesus be included as figurines. In the final shoot they were placed behind the Beatles and are not noticeable in the artwork

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Me5LV TIL the Chinese city of Fancheng held out for nearly 6 years against the Mongols - until Kublai Khan's nephew sent him Muslim engineers from Iran that built counterweight trebuchets, with a range of 1,600 ft. and launching projectiles weighing 660 lbs. The city fell within a few days.
er6b TIL that the Chili Peppers bassist, Flea, has become a beekeeper in an effort to stave off the declining honeybee population
4ov5 TIL that in 1962, special, hi-tech locks were added to all U.S. nuclear missiles that would prevent launch without a secret, unique launch code. However, military officials quietly circumvented this safeguard by setting every locK to “00000000”. The codes remained unchanged until 1977.
l78Qa TIL when it was deemed impossible to shoot the tanker fight in The Spy Who Loved Me on an actual supertanker and no other soundstage would fit the set, Albert R Broccoli commissioned the 007 Stage, the biggest in the world at the time.
mwoy TIL: Steve Wynn bought a Picasso for 45 Million in 1997, accidentally put his elbow through it causing over $90,000 in damages. This story added value to the painting and was sold for 155 Million in 2013.