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TIL Riley Keough is Elvis Presley’s granddaughter and was Michael Jackson’s stepdaughter. She admitted that she doesn’t "think about it, ever" and she sold a Disney watch Michael Jackson gave her

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aKjb TIL that in 1988, Iran began a country-wide purge of political prisoners. People were beaten for missing daily prayers. One woman died after 22 days and 550 lashes, and the authorities certified her death as suicide because it was ‘she who had made the decision not to pray’.
aQ4A TIL Ernest Hemingway begged his wife not to send him for more electroshock treatments because he lost so much of his memory he couldn’t even remember his own name. He committed suicide the day after his 36th shock treatment.
0d06R TIL that a British-born man from San Francisco named Joshua Norton declared himself "Emperor of the United States" in 1859.
R7X0l TIL that while in charge of the MESAN political party, President for Life Jean-Bédel Bokassa appointed Elisabeth Domitien to serve as the prime minister of the Central African Republic, making her Africa's first female head of government.
NKaN TIL If Adolf Hitler’s father hadn’t changed his name in 1877, his name would have been “Adolf Schicklgruber.”