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TIL in 1989 the Super Bowl XXIII halftime show was headlined by an Elvis impersonator named Elvis Presto, and not a single actual Elvis song was performed.

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pYrPb TIL Clear Lake in California, is the Oldest Lake in North America.
Z8yj4 TIL Donnie Yen (the blind monk in Star Wars: Rogue One) was once leaving a Hong Kong nightclub with his girlfriend when they were attacked by a gang who had been bothering them earlier in the night. Donnie hospitalised 8 of them.
KO8nQ TIL of Henry Darger who created over 300 gorgeous, often giant and mostly very distubing pieces of artwork which were only discovered shortly before his death. His last words were "too late now" when someone mentioned his work which is now considered one of the most important "outisder art".
WkK44 TIL that the first major wave of the bubonic plague was the Justinianic plague of 541-547 A.D. It is named after the Byzantine emperor at the time; Justinian I. The disease killed 20% of the imperial capital and the ensuing pandemic is believed to have killed 25%-60% of Europe's population.
0d6M5 TIL about the human brain is incredibly efficient and only runs on about 20 watts of power; about the same amount as a dim light bulb.