The Beatles refused to play in front of segregated audiences. It was written as a stipulation in their contracts, and at a 1964 concert in Jacksonville, FL, John Lennon said: “We never play to segregated audiences and we aren’t going to start now. I’d sooner lose our appearance money.” (, )

The ampersand used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet. To avoid confusion with the word ‘and’, people added ‘per se’ before its name when reciting the alphabet so that it ended: X, Y, Z, and per se &. Over time, the ‘and per se and’ ran together, and the term ‘ampersand’ was born. ()