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TIL that a bootleg was released entitled “Elvis’ Greatest Shit” consisting of Elvis’ worst material. It also featured a photo of his dead body on the cover.

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4k6yN TIL that during Star Trek filming, censors required actresses not to show their navels. Gene Roddenberry was so irked by this that he made the villains in his 1973 TV movie "Genesis II" identifiable by each having two navels, thus filming each navel he’d previously been forced to censor twice over.
E1y7W TIL that fighting words, or "words which by their very utterance, inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace", are not protected under the first amendment.
R5xjw TIL Giancarlo Esposito Was So Broke Before ‘Breaking Bad’ That He Considered Arranging His Own Murder So His Kids Could Get His Life Insurance Money
jN6vp TIL the expression "blood is thicker than water" originally had the exact opposite meaning: "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb."
XEXXX TIL: In Ireland there is a popular tradition known as The 12 pubs of Christmas. You must go to 12 different pubs in one night, having one drink (most commonly a pint of beer) in each Pub. Participants usually have 12 rules to follow, e.g "No sitting in pub 3", "No using the bathroom in pub 7" etc.