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TIL when the Red Hot Chili Peppers were accused of plagiarizing a Tom Petty song Petty himself said, " A Lot of songs sound alike. "

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w1G8 TIL in 2003 two men strolled on to a Boeing 727 and just flew off. Them and the plane haven’t been seen since.
xVrpb TIL Adam DeVine of Workaholics and Pitch Perfect was paralyzed and nearly had his legs amputated at age 11 after being run over by a truck. He recovered years later after multiple surgeries and still has scarring. He credits this experience with giving him his ambition and drive.
LkeK9 TIL NASA's three spacecraft losses occurred within a calendar week of one another: Apollo 1 on 1/27, Challenger on 1/28, and Columbia on 2/1
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