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Eventually, I'll piss you off.

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Fun fact: The ship Titanic's registry was from Liverpool, though she never got to sail from her home port. (In honor of 100 years).

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John was the first Beatle to try vegetarianism, followed by George for spiritual reasons, Paul for ethical ones, and Ringo for dietary ones.

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Before she met the others, the only Beatle Yoko Ono could name was Ringo, because phonetically, that is how you say "apple" in Japanese.

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"I was alone, I took a ride,
I didn't know what I would find there
Another road where maybe I
could see another kind of mind there."

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"Ticket to Ride" is the first Beatles song to exceed 3 minutes and also, according to John, "one of the earliest heavy metal records made."

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Today (April 9th) in 1965, the single "Ticket to Ride"/"Yes It It" is released in the UK on Parlophone.

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"I think I'm gonna be sad,
I think it's today.
The girl that's driving me mad
Is going away."

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Spread the word and you'll be free
Spread the word and be like me
Spread the word I'm thinking of
Have you heard the word is love?

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'Child of Nature' is a song John wrote in India, 1968, that never made it to the White Album. It later became the song 'Jealous Guy.'

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"I'm just a child of nature
I don't need much to set me free
I'm just a child of nature
I'm one of nature's children."
-from Child of Nature

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"Within You Without You came about after I had spent a bit of time in India and fallen under the spell of the country and its music."
George

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On this day (April 3rd) in 1967, the song "Within You Without You" is recorded and mixed in Studio 2, Abbey Road.

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"If you think the harmony
Is a little dark and out of key,
You're correct.
There's nobody there.
And it's only there's no one there."

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Send us your tweets about what The Beatles mean to you! ? & ?

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Bach (aged 18) went to the Shea Stadium concert as a chaperone to her younger sister, while Eastman (aged 23) went as a fan.

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Both Barbara Bach and Linda Eastman saw their future husbands (Ringo and Paul respectively) perform at The Beatles 1965 Shea Stadium concert

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"We didn't particularly like the girl adoration… The main thing for us…was doing our craft. We were genuinely trying to be artists…" -Paul

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(2/2) George would have been to play Gandalf, Paul to play Frodo, and Ringo to play Samwise. However, J.R.R. Tolkien refused the idea.

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(1/2) In 1968, The Beatles attempted to gain film rights to "The Lord of the Rings." John pushed the idea because he wanted to play Gollum.

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(1/2) This day (March 20) in 1980, Yoko gave John a Roll Royce to celebrate their 11th, and last, anniversary together. John gave her 500...