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TIL Kanye West sampled a song by Aphex Twin, tried to avoid paying for it and claim he had written it, and when Aphex offered to redo the sample for him, the response was, “It’s not yours, it’s ours, and we’re not even asking you anymore.”

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j6eLX TIL about the International Geophysical Year, a scientific project that marked the renewal of scientific interchange between the East and West during the Cold War. The first successful artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched for the event.
b9EYN TIL Bald eagle nests can be 13 feet deep, and 8 feet wide, and can weigh more than 1 ton.
KOrxE TIL from 1996-2000, a group of students at MIT made and wrote multiple papers about a robotic flamingo. Dubbed the "Spring Flamingo", it was made to teach them complex robotics and show how feet and actuated ankles helped bipedal walking
BrNjx TIL That the heir of Napoleon Bonaparte is an investment banking analyst in New York
lovNr TIL in 1960 David Latimer planted a glass bottle (terrarium) with seed and he last watered it in 1972. It was sealed then and is still sustaining itself.