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TIL: Elvis Presley requested to be made a DEA agent so that he could travel with drugs without any problems. President Nixon agreed to meet him and gave him a special badge.

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ANPwa TIL: The 255th episode of MASH featured a time capsule buried by the characters filled with memories of the Korean War. The time capsule was real - filled with props. The property was sold and a construction worker found the time capsule and took it home. He got permission to keep it from Alan Alda.
lJQ1 TIL Actor Shelley Malil, “What are we Al quaida?” from 40 Year Old Virgin is currently serving a life sentence for stabbing his girlfriend 23 times.
WkbQX TIL the wooden playground I grew up playing on was designed by Bob Leathers who designed over 2000 playgrounds around the US. His unique style was inspired by interviewing kids in the neighborhood who would request to have castles, spaceships and tree houses.
wLwYo TIL that Genoa airport in Italy makes one exception to the 3 ounces of liquid rule - for pesto, which goes through a special pesto scanner.
b9KN4 TIL that Native American Powwows were first danced in the 1880s, which means they were started after Colombian colonization in the 1400s.