A Day in the Life, I am the Walrus, and Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds were banned by BBC for suspected drug references?

Supposedly, Paul met Yoko before John did. Paul says that Yoko came knocking on his door when she was helping John Cage, a personal friend of McCartney's, for a book he was working on, and he wanted to include some of the Beatles' work. Paul declined, but told her to go see John. John ended up giving her the lyrics to "The Word" from Rubber Soul.

The Beatles wanted to play roles in 1960's version of Lord of the Rings. John wanted to play the thieving creature, Gollum. Paul was to play the hero Frodo. George was to play the wise wizard Gandalf, and finally, Ringo was to play Frodo's devoted partner Sam.

Paul McCartney and Pete Best were deported from Hamburg after being accused of arson. They were alleged to have started a small fire in their room behind a cinema.

On December 17th, 1963 a disc jockey at WWDC in Washington, DC became the first person to broadcast a Beatles record on American airwaves.

John Lennon described 1965 as a period where he and The Beatles "smoked marijuania for breakfast."

The Beatles hold the UK record for the band with the most amount of number 1 singles in the chart. They have had 17 number 1's!

Revolution 9 is a track on The White Album. It isn't a song, it is a musical collage, employing tape loops arranged by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Part of the track contains a monologue by Ono and the sound of water glasses banging together. Other noises were created and taped by Lennon and long time friend, Pete Shotton after they smoked marijuania and ingested LSD.