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TIL During a 1972 John Lennon/Chuck Berry jam session that the sound engineers muted yokos mic.

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wL55J TIL the founder of lingerie company Victoria's Secret sold the business for just $1 million five years after founding it, and later commited suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge as the firm went on to produce billion dollar revenues for the new owner.
BrL8D TIL: Much of Yosemite National Park is under water bc of a dam. John Muir fought to protect it and said of this section’s beauty: “no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.”
LQN7m TIL that New Orleans is located in Louisiana
gy4A TIL Shirley Temple stopped believing in Santa when she visited a mall Santa and he asked for her autograph
9wrDQ TIL that the U.S. Army officially began fielding its replacement for the M4 this month. The M7 rifle will be distributed to the Army’s entire close combat force of infantry, paratroopers and scouts.