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TIL Following an attempt to steal Elvis Presley's body, the remains of both he and his mother were exhumed and reburied at his former home, Graceland.

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Gx1Q TIL when a man named Paul Bennewitz had discovered a ‘secret alien base’ through radio signals that actually turned out to be secret government flight tests, the US government decided to throw him off by sending an agent to feed him false information, urging him to pursue his UFO fantasy.
loe1V TIL about Ulrich Inderbinen a swiss mountain guide who climed the Matterhorn 370 times until the age of 89.
ADkBd TIL in 1935 a recently-captured shark vomited up a tatooed human arm. When a medical examination of the arm revealed it had not been bitten off by the shark but had been removed from its body in a non-surgical procedure, the focus of the investigation turned to murder.
LkWKZ TIL the name Bran (e.g. Bran Stark from GoT) means "Raven" in Welsh. "Ravens were revered in the Celtic world as they were thought to be messengers between the mortal world and the world of the spirits or Otherworld."
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".