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TIL that Elvis Presley’s cousin was paid $18,000 by the National Enquirer to secretly photograph Elvis’ corpse after his open-casket funeral. The issue went on to become the magazine’s best-selling edition ever, with a record 6.7 million copies sold.

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RvY4 TIL: The world’s first electronic digital wristwatch was introduced in 1972 and cost $2,100.00 (about $11,400 today) and by the end of the 70’s digital watches were being sold for $10.00.
119V TIL the Haya people of Tanzania have been forging steel for over 2,000 years.
6EbeX TIL there are supercool materials that send heat back into space
LQd7p TIL the world's first package tour was day trip from Leicester to Loughborough
Jno8 TIL in Canada you can get up to 14 years in prison for telling or suggesting to someone that they should kill themselves but only 5 years if you threaten to kill them yourself (see section 241 & section 264.1 of the criminal code)