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LogQ TIL Seven Eleven was bought out by Seven Eleven Japan and has been fully Japanese owned since 2005
M7yD7 TIL After the Landing on the Hudson by Captain Sullenberger due to bird strike, NYC killed nearly 70,000 Canadian Geese, Gulls, and other birds in response
epVM6 TIL Speed Racer was based off the 1964 Elvis movie "Viva Las Vegas". Tatsuo Yoshida, the creator of Mach GoGoGo, stated that the film was the primary inspiration, as well as James Bond films of that time period.
WkXbL TIL A Florida man is suing claiming that the X-Men cartoon’s theme song was ripped off from the theme of a 1980s Hungarian TV series he wrote.
kRR1 TIL a state in Italy existed successfully without any type of government for almost 400 years