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TIL the 1989 Beastie Boys album "Paul’s Boutique" was created before copyright law for sampling was well established and it would cost at least $20 million to clear the samples if it were released today

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N7jw8 TIL about York, a slave belonging to William Clark (of Lewis and Clark) and the first African American to cross North America to reach the Pacific
7L0M TIL that there are some prime numbers that are illegal. It turns out the binary representations of the prime numbers can describe some code that can be used to bypass the DRM on DVDs
rNBlM TIL of Arthur Heineman who built the first motel, the Motel Inn. Despite having no proper architectural training, Heineman also built multiple other buildings, that have made it onto the National Register of Historical Places.
yGnJ TIL: The US Air Force spent over $1,000,000,000 on software that was never used and is 1 of 9 programs 12 years late and $6.9 billion over budget
G0gj TIL of the first and only Space Mutiny when an American crew shut off communication equipment to protest their disagreement with NASA.