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TIL that Elvis Presley‘s autopsy report will not be released until the year 2027, on the fiftieth anniversary of his death

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9jeX TIL that there is a frog that swallows its eggs, and then gives birth to live frogs by vomiting them out of her stomach
5xe8 TIL of UVB-76 a secret Russian radio signal that’s been broadcasting since the 80s. It suddenly stopped today…
rR0b0 TIL Rutherford B. Hayes is wildly popular in Paraguay, and has a whole state named after him (the capital is Villa Hayes too)
woPEP TIL Greeks put up protective magic hermai - stone block bearded male heads with genitals "at the appropriate height" - marked crossings, boundaries, outside houses and at public buildings, and were also signposts with distances. Outside Athenian homes hermai were rubbed with olive oil for good luck.
4X9Da TIL that in earlier cuts of The Lion King, Simba was raised by Scar after Mufasa's death.