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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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Z8BL4 TIL that the velociraptor noises in Jurassic Park are actually tortoises having sex
j6Lwv TIL that mammary glands are modified/based off sweat glands
rR4v1 TIL Helicopters have a top speed they can never surpass.
nV1P TIL that the Yankee Doodle lyrics “Stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni” refer not to the pasta, but to Macaroni fashion, a British type of pompous over-dressing.
jJxX TIL a Chechen nationalist group took an entire school hostage in the town of Beslan, which resulted in the death of over 300 people, including children. This group has been increasingly associated with major jihadist/terrorist groups in the Middle East and remains prevalent in the world to this day.