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TIL that the “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee” scene in the movie Grease, which features a line about Elvis, was filmed on the same day he died.

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OoB41 TIL at the start of the Civil War the Union issued "essence of coffee," a mix of boiled coffee, milk, and sugar that was reconstituted with water, as a time saving measure. The soldiers refused to drink it, and whole roasted coffee beans were again issued
wojlM TIL that peacocks, specifically the male peafowl, are capable of flight, but their flying abilities are limited compared to many other bird species.
K1A6 TIL that the First Gulf War (in 1991) technically never ended — there was just a cease-fire. The UK used this legal loophole to justify entering the Second Gulf War (in 2003).
XENME TIL of a "body farm", where the decomposition of human corpses is studied by leaving bodies outside in a variety of topographic and climate conditions. There are facilities in US, Canada, Australia, India, and UK. Over 100 bodies are donated to the University of Tennessee facility alone every year.
WZPN TIL a kid dying in the Make a Wish Foundation asked for a bridge to be painted turquoise so it was… and birds keep dying by flying into it thinking it’s sky.