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TIL that 16 US states have flags for their governors
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TIL Owe Sandström designed ABBA's performing costumes in consultation with the band members and ABBA producer Stig Anderson. The only outfit Anderson wasn't really satisfied with was Agnetha's fitted white jumpsuit, as the outfit attracted more attention than the song
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TIL The Beatles approached Stanley Kubrick to direct a LOTR movie starring themselves. Tolkien killed the project as a result of his hate for The Beatles. A hate developed after moving 3 doors down from The Beatles in 1964, who irked him with the “indescribable” noise from their practice sessions.
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TIL that loganberries aren't a separate species of berry, but are a cross between blackberries and raspberries.
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TIL In the early 1960s, the US military dispersed 480,000,000 copper needles in orbit around the Earth, in a failed attempt at creating an artificial ionosphere to improve radio communication. Many of the needles are still up there today.
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TIL that human foot is home to more than 200 different types of fungi