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TIL Elvis Presley had an identical twin brother. Jesse Garon Presley was born 35 minutes before his brother Elvis, stillborn.

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epyak TIL Tom Hanks starred in a 1981 film called "Mazes and Monsters" that was based on a false account of a college student losing his grasp of reality from playing Dungeons and Dragons.
MevxV TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't supposed to eat a raw bison liver during the shooting of "The Revenant." The idea was to eat a red, gelatinous pancake, but because it didn't resemble the real thing, the vegetarian decided to eat the raw liver. He later stated that he won't repeat that ever again.
dD9AB TIL a Glasgow art venue/nightclub uses specialized technology inside its dancefloor to collect the body heat of its dancers and converts it into renewable energy to power itself.
W7JlA TIL that male ducks grow new penises each year during the mating season. Their penis size is influenced by social environment. In research studies, the ducks housed in co-ed environment grew longer penises than those housed in pairs, likely because the ducks in groups were competing for mates.
Ex1d TIL that 16 US states let more than 2,700 companies pocket some or all of its workers’ income taxes without having to notify the workers, diverting more than $5.5 billion dollars from public purposes for private gain in the last two decades.