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TIL the FBI kept files on Elvis Presley because they believed he raised the sexual passions of teenagers posing a "definite danger to the security of the United States"

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pYWZA TIL Both the East and West borders of Suriname have been in dispute for over a century. The issues primarily derive from the primacy of rivers.
9wrvX TIL that Tim Curry was one of the top choices to play the Joker in the 1989 “Batman” film, but the role went to Jack Nicholson instead. Curry later voiced the Joker in the 1992 animated series, but was quickly replaced by Mark Hamill as his voice was deemed “too scary”.
gMBeA TIL that every former U.S president is guaranteed secret service protection for the rest of their life.
PYXjG TIL "micellar water" is actually just "soapy water" (in name and function)
QJgJp TIL "decimation" was a method of punishment in the roman army, where a tenth of all soldiers in a group got executed by their peers.