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TIL about Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road - Ross went from an Eagle Scout to running a billion dollar underground drug market

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v1ml8 TIL that French billionaire Pierre Bernard Papillaud demanded that the city of Weeds in California give up its water source, Beaughan Spring, to his bottled water company Christaline.
R5Z77 TIL the New York Yankees had a short lived mascot named Dandy. Designed by the people who came up with Miss Piggy, his debut was delayed by the tragic death of Thurmon Munson, who had a similar moustache
OoDvX TIL Peter Gabriel's first four solo albums were all called "Peter Gabriel", and used the same typeface and name positioning. The idea was to make them like issues of a magazine.
xVblk TIL that Bobby Farrell, the only male member of 70s group Boney M, who scored a huge hit in the 70s with the Song Rasputin, died on the 30th December in Saint Petersburg, coincidentally dying on the same day and in the same city Rasputin had also died
R7Ega TIL insects have different sub-brains in different parts of their body, which are controlled by a slightly larger central brain but can actually also operate separately; the antennae has its own brain, as does the mouth, the eyes, and each leg which can keep walking even if the central brain stops