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TIL Elvis Presley’s last name should’ve been Wallace

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R79M7 TIL in 2015 Tbillisi, Georgia was flooded. A result of flooding was the destruction of the Tbilisi Zoo, leaving half of its animal inhabitants either dead or on the loose. An escaped African penguin was found at the Red Bridge border crossing with Azerbaijan, having swam 60 km south from Tbilisi.
W7VM8 TIL: Tupac Shakur accidentally shot and killed a 6 year-old boy (while famous)
Z8rmQ TIL Sun Li Jen, a commander in the ROC in WW2 is known as “Rommel of the East” due to his military achievements in various campaigns. He is named the most capable Chinese field commander in WW2. He spent his last 30 years under house arrest in Taiwan due to suspicions on collaborating with the CIA.
GAg77 TIL: there are ~1500 shipwrecks in Lake Michigan and over 6000 in the Great Lakes combined.
xVxXw TIL that the reason why Olive Oil bottles are so dark is because it's protecting the oil from the light, Which if not dark will degrade the oil.