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TIL Elvis Presley had terrible constipation and actually died pooping due to a condition called megacolon

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LQyEm TIL that the USS Ward, the first ship involved in WW II when it sunk a sub sneaking into Pearl Harbor hours before the aerial attack, was commanded by Wm. Outerbridge. 3 years later, USS Ward was mortally damaged by Kamikaze, and ordered sunk by USS O'Brien, commanded by Wm. Outerbridge.
EbNx TIL that the largest infiltration of the U.S. Goverment involved breaches into 136 federal agencies, foreign embassies and consulates, as well as private organizations. The culprits: the Church of Scientology.
jda TIL there wasn’t an actual script for the original Iron Man. In “primitive rehearsals”, RDJ and Jeff Bridges basically ad-libbed their way to full scenes while being coached by Jon Favreau.
gMAa4 TIL A woman donated her kidney to her boss, who then fired her when she took too much recovery sick leave
X0vrP TIL that Clark Gable - The Hollywood Golden boy had a secret daughter! It's kind of crazy story....