12 Mind-Blowing Facts That Sound Totally Made Up By The Internet (But Aren't)

TIL Quaker Oats Co. fully funded the 1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory movie to promote a new line of candy.
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John Lennon's heartbreaking views on his career and future exposed in lost tapes

Music icon John Lennon made a heartbreaking admission about his career and future in a 1975 interview, which was captured on ...

Signed for his killer, 40 years on John Lennon album is up for auction

The album signed by John Lennon for his assassin 40 years ago is up for auction in New York, as his widow and former Beatles band mates on Tuesday paid tribute to him.
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Paul McCartney leads tributes for John Lennon on what would've been his 85th birthday

Music icon Paul McCartney is leading tributes for his fellow Beatle John Lennon on what would've been his 85th birthday on ...

The Story Behind John Lennon’s Most Iconic Song: 'They Didn't Understand It'

With a music catalog as extensive as John Lennon’s, it may be a matter of opinion to some fans which of his songs is most ...

‘I’ll be around for another 60 years’: Lost tapes reveal John Lennon’s best-laid plans

John Lennon believed he would keep making music for “another 60 years” just five years before his death, a newly unearthed ...
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Trump freezes $18 billion in funding for NYC, home to key Democratic leaders

On the first day of the federal government shutdown, the Trump administration fired a financial salvo at New York City, home to Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader ...
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Residents of a NYC public housing tower escape unharmed after a massive chimney collapses

NEW YORK (AP) — A massive brick chimney running 20 stories up the side of a New York City apartment building collapsed after an explosion Wednesday, sending tons of debris plummeting to the ground.