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TIL that among the major character Muppets on Sesame Street, Cookie Monster is the only one with five fingers. The other Muppets have four. (Kermit also has five, but he's not dedicated just to Sesame Street.)

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jNW4v TIL after Chuck Berry accused Brian Wilson of stealing the melody of "Sweet Little Sixteen" for "Surfin' USA", the Beach Boys' manager gave Berry the copyright to the tune. He didn't tell the members of the band, however, who learned 25 years later that they weren't getting royalties from the song.
EgGow TIL 20,000 pigs once roamed the streets of New York eating trash
eeAE TIL At the time of JFK’s death He was furious with the CIA about their funding the assassination of the South Vietnamese President and their plans to assassinate Fidel Castro, stating “I want to splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.”
kJBJ5 TIL London City Airport isn't British owned. It is owned by Alberta and Ontario, Canada, and the Royal Family of Kuwait.
vPjyB TIL in Alien (1979) the blue laser lights used in the alien ship's egg chamber were borrowed from The Who. The band was testing out the lasers for their stage show in the soundstage next door.