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TIL nearly every claim by Frank W. Abagnale Jr. in "Catch Me if you Can" has been debunked.

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6E4ml TIL the Elvis Presley's manager, "Colonel" Tom Parker prevented Elvis from touring outside of the US (except for 3 shows in Canada in 1957) because Parker was, among other things, an illegal alien from the Netherlands that was suspected of murder.
W75aL TIL that two stories about small children killing another child were included in the first edition of Brothers Grimm's Fairy Tales Collection but were withdrawn in the next edition since they were eventually considered inappropriate
16G9X TIL Billy Joel's 1993 album River of Dreams' cover is a painting by his then-wife Christie Brinkley. Rolling Stone later gave Brinkley the Top Picks award for "The Best Album Cover of the Year."
rpEM TIL: Lindsey Stirling was told on national TV that she was ultimately unmarketable, and that her violin and dance routine couldn’t fill a theater in Vegas
9Gp6 TIL the Soviet Union lasted long enough to be given it’s own internet domain name, .su, which it received only 15 months before dissolving