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TIL Elvis Presley wore a cross, a Star of David and the Hebrew word ‘chai’ (life) because he didn’t want to “miss out on heaven due to a technicality”

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x6eZ7 TIL that physically acting out your dreams (loss of REM sleep paralysis) is >80% accurate at predicting future brain maladies including Parkinson's, Lewy Body Dementia, and ALS
yVW6J TIL That John Quincy Adams partially blinded himself looking directly at an eclipse in 1791
rNlmM TIL President Grant was renowned for his mastery of horsemanship. From an early age he could train and lead whole teams of horses by himself, and he set equestrian records at West Point that stood for decades
6J0X TIL It was legal to perform Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the United States up until 1997.
awBnJ TIL Muhammad Ali refused to be drafted into the military for the Vietnam war for which he was arrested and stripped of his boxing titles. “You won't even stand up for me in America for my religious beliefs—and you want me to go somewhere and fight, but you won't even stand up for me here at home?“