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TIL Elvis Presley performed outside the United States three times, all during the 1957 Canadian tour.

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X0ZgX TIL Emilio Estevez made his directorial debut with the 1986 film Wisdom, which made him the youngest person to ever write, direct, and star in, a single major motion picture.
AWDd TIL the US military modified a C130 with rockets so it could land in and take off from a football stadium, in Iran, to rescue hostages.
N7ywb TIL Dragonfly wings kill bacteria on contact by ripping apart their cell membranes with sharp nanopillars as they move across the surface of the wing.
OoX91 TIL that Coolio's "Gangster's Paradise" (1995), which was later parodied by Weird Al's "Amish Paradise" (1996), is not itself an entirely original song. But rather, it is largely based on (to the point of nearly being a parody cover of) Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise" (1976).
Nyde TIL NASA Vehicle Assembly building interior volume is so vast that it has its own weather, including “rain clouds form[ing] below the ceiling on very humid days”