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TIL Abraham Lincoln and Elvis Presley were related, 3rd cousins 5 times removed. They are part of the Harrison family line, a family with medieval roots who produced a US founding father and two other US presidents besides Lincoln

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worJ TIL that 1200 suits of armor and over 10,000 arrows were produced for the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
8QwK TIL that Jonathan Lee Riches got the Guinness world record for having filed the highest number of lawsuits in the world. When he heard of this, he sued the Guinness Book of World Records
690Yw TIL that KFC’s handwritten recipe is stored in a safe within a vault at KFC’s Louisville headquarters. To maintain confidentiality, KFC employs two separate suppliers: one blends part of the recipe, and the other completes it, ensuring no single entity has access to the entire formulation. 
E1O77 TIL of Mary Bell, an 11 year old serial killer with a tragic and abusive childhood that moulded her into the killer she became.
4Xmng TIL an inventory of the Imperial Palace of Rome, dated to the year 214 AD, lists 17 tons of opium