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TIL that Elvis Presley recorded over 600 songs throughout his career and did not write a single one of them on his own.

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GYG4N TIL Space Jam merchandise has earned at least 1.2 Billion dollars worldwide. Space Jam's “global economic impact" was estimated to be at around 4-6 Billion.
d8VEK TIL: Scientology once hand-picked and groomed a young church member to become Tom Cruise's girlfriend.
QNnNd TIL the first astronaut suits were designed by Playtex. The bra and tampon company.
GAKnN TIL the man who killed Franz Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip, was only 19 and also killed Franz Ferdinand's wife Sophie. This occurred when their convertible unexpectedly stopped 5 feet in front of the assasin.
ADrgx TIL Croatian defender Josip Šimunić received three yellow cards in the match against Australia during the 2006 World Cup.Referee Graham Poll later revealed that upon booking Šimunić for the second time, he had erroneously recorded him as "Australia #3", due to Šimunić's Australian accent.