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JYw04 TIL that despite his lady's man reputation, Elvis Presley avoided intercourse with most if not all of his early girlfriends, even Priscilla before they were married. One biographer suggested that The King developed an extreme fear of STDs during his military service.
BrJQb TIL that Queen Elizabeth II has seen 13 different UK Prime Ministers come into power, with the first one being Winston Churchill.
v1nDK TIL Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, is the only surviving bassoon concerto of the five concertos that he wrote for it. The bassoon was already a well-established solo instrument in the Baroque period, having inspired Antonio Vivaldi to write 39 concertos for bassoon
16rd7 TIL that Huey and Riley from Boondocks were voiced by the same woman, Regina King.
QJpEE TIL when the original director of mega-flop The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) was fired and replaced, he secretly returned to set disguised as a mutant dog and worked for the rest of production as an extra.