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TIL Rose's new song Apt is just a mix of the 1980's "Hey Mickey" and One Directions "Night Changes"

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bOaE TIL That if you see a cockroach in your home, in broad daylight, that means that you have a major infestation. This is most likely true because cockroaches hate the light, and if one ventures out during the day it’s because there are so many it was forced into the light.
11v4 TIL that a 1976 episode of Sesame Street featured The Wicked Witch of the West becoming the crush of Oscar the Grouch and threatening to turn Big Bird into a feather duster, among other things. The episode was aired only once because “the threat of the witch’s power [remained] in children’s eyes.”
v16eD TIL Steven Spielberg was originally set to direct the "Harry Potter" film with Haley Joel Osment cast as Harry, however dropped the project due to creative differences with J.K. Rowling.
GYPr7 TIL: That the children of Princess Anne, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, carry no Royal Titles. They are still in the Royal line of succession but have no peerage titles because thier father was common born and refused a title upon marriage into the Royal Family.
WkYjB TIL Ric Weiland, Microsoft’s second employee, quietly donated to various organizations, including 11 different LGBTQ nonprofits. By the time of his passing in 2006 - suicide following a battle with depression - he had donated $21.5 million, and bequeathed an additional $170 million.