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TIL that Russian cockroaches are leaving big cities and no one knows why

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aZvb TIL that by international agreement, topographic features on the planet Venus are named after goddesses and notable women
N7NMQ TIL The Beatles filed preliminary legal papers against the Beastie Boys for their numerous Beatles samples on 1989's Paul's Boutique. Mike D of the group's response was "What's cooler than getting sued by the Beatles?" Over 105 tracks were sampled on the album, including 24 on the last song alone!
neBEB TIL In 1985 2 young Irish boys made it to New York on their own with no money
e04kL TIL a pilot drunkenly stole and landed planes on the streets of Manhattan twice in the 1950s. The first was to prove how quickly he could get to NYC from NJ. The second was because a bar patron didn't believe his first story.
5Vv58 TIL Jeff Spangenberg, the original founder of Retro Studios (known for the Metroid Prime series) was fired by Nintendo for using the studio's servers to host a porn site.