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TIL that Elvis Presley had an identical twin brother who was stillborn

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WXWY TIL Floating cities above the clouds of Venus may be our best bet for becoming a two-planet species. Conditions there are so similar to Earth a human wouldn’t need a pressurized-suit, the gravity is similar and transit times are shorter than to Mars.
R5vYQ TIL that lobsters were once considered the poor man's chicken. In the 18th and 19th centuries, lobsters were so abundant along the northeastern coast of North America that they were often fed to prisoners, apprentices, and servants multiple times a week.
RP78 TIL Rob McElhenney (who plays Mac) created and wrote the first episode of It’s Always Sunny after failing as an actor for 10 years
kvog TIL Canadian lottery winner Sharon Tirabassi blew through her $10 million winnings in less than 10 years and now lives paycheck to paycheck
KY6YQ TIL about PERV (Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus), a virus embedded in the gene of pigs. It has been studied as a risk factor in pig-to-human transplants.