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TIL Elvis was a black belt in Karate!

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Y7JMA TIL that Lake Kariba, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, is the world's largest artificial lake by volume. It contains 43 cubic miles of water and has a surface area of 2,150 square miles
8aJaK TIL Getty Images, a company infamous for sending threatening letters requesting payment when their photos are used without permission, was sued for more than $1 billion in damages when they mistakenly demanded a “settlement payment” from a photographer for her own work.
69vNl TIL when deciding what to name the town during a meeting, the residents got so frustrated with everyone saying "why not this" and "why not that," they just named the town, "Whynot," North Carolina, so they could all go home.
KYmo4 TIL that technically speaking, Gagarin's spaceflight is deemed as an "uncompleted spaceflight" per Section 8, paragraph 2.15, item b of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) sporting code because he was ejected out of his capsule before landing
d868K TIL a Brooklyn mailman neglected to deliver around 40,000 pieces of mail; about 2,500 pounds of US mail were found in the home, locker, & car of mailman Joseph Brucato. When the mail was found, a spokeswoman for USPS said she didn't know when the mail from Brucato's route would be delivered.