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Today I Learned Elvis Presley asked President Nixon for a DEA badge because he believed ‘With the federal narcotics badge, he could legally enter any country both wearing guns and carrying any drugs he wished’.

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VBmb0 TIL Chairman of China Deng Xiaoping died in 1997, 2 years after the release of the infamous Super Famicom game Hong Kong 97 which he's the main antagonist of, meaning this dogpile of a game predicted the chairman's death somehow
4X7vX TIL: it wasn't uncommon for male friends in the 19th century to hold hands
GYag7 TIL Phil Lynott was so proud of his Irish heritage that every time he was talking to a journalist who said something untrue about Ireland, Lynott would "give the guy a history lesson".
XEQdP TIL that brown doesn't exist as a colour and brown light is physically impossible.
abeo TIL Korn had a song called “Y'all Want a Single” which was written in defiance towards their label requesting a radio friendly song to be made for their album. The song had nearly 100 expletives. It later became a single after their fans voted for it to become one on the band’s forum.