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TIL that Elvis Presley was obsessed with Karate and even used his skills to fight off 4 attackers who came at him during a show.

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v1W4B TIL of the insane degree of Convergent Evolution of life on Earth. There is a multitude of cases in which species have adapted to environments by Evolving almost identical body plans and strategies.
QJkXM TIL that the Dutch East India Company was the most valuable company in human history with it being worth almost 8 times as much as Apple is today.
KORRJ TIL that astronauts Mark Lee and Jan Davis married in secret 9 months before their joint flight to the ISS and didn't tell NASA until it was too late to train replacements. They are the only married couple to have ever flown in space together.
ORya The honey bee is dying off at an alarming rate and this is no small problem since they pollinate more than 100 types of crops in the US.
GYngg TIL While recording "The Show Must Go On", Brian May doubted that Freddie Mercury would be able to sing the highly demanding vocals due to Freddie's declining health. To May's surprise, Freddie downed a vodka, said "I'll fucking do it, darling!" and then, in May's words, he "went in and killed it".