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TIL with the exception of three Canadian cities, Elvis Presley never performed outside the United States

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dneZ TIL in 1894, London and New York were “drowning” in horse poop. It was estimated that within 50 years, London streets would be buried in 9 feet of poop and horse carcasses. But the invention of the automobile resolved the problem.
jNAjj TIL Your voice sounds different from what you hear. This is because one can hear a sound in two different ways. The first is through vibrating sound waves hitting your ear drum, the way other people hear your voice. The second way is through vibrations inside your skull, set off by your vocal chords
XEGjE TIL, In 2014, "Buffalo" Bill Hillman co-authored the book "Fiesta: How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona" Also in that year, he was gored in the thigh twice while running from the bulls in the festival in Pamplona, Spain.
xVmMB TIL the Bank of America used to be called the Bank of Italy
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