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TIL Elvis Costello's dad recorded an album covering Elvis Presley's hits.

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VB5l4 TIL strabane a small town in the north of ireland,produced the printer of the declaration of Independence John dunlap, the grandfather of 28th president Woodrow Wilson and a general who fought in the american civil war.

Oo9oL TIL that snakes have bellybuttons.

kDQE TIL of United Airlines Flight 811, a regularly scheduled flight between Sydney and San Francisco that on February 24, 1989 had a cargo door fail at 22,000 feet resulting in explosive decompression. 9 passengers were blown out and killed. Two flight attendants were nearly lost as well

xV5dD TIL approximately 10 percent of the internet is kept secure using a wall full of lava lamps

78D0X TIL The question asked by The Beatles in "Eleanor Rigby" (1966) -- "All the lonely people, where do they all come from? / All the lonely people, where do they all belong?" -- inspired the band America to write an encouraging, uplifting response with the song "Lonely People" (1974).