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TIL that Elvis had an identical twin who died at birth.

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WEmL 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.
VMJp TIL That after their ship sank in WW2, John F. Kennedy towed a man to shore by clenching the man’s life jacket between his teeth and swimming miles through freezing water.
5VPr8 TIL: The US Secret Service uses Elements of the Russian "Systema" martial art techniques.
BryVy TIL the civilian model for Hummer was made because of the persistence of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who saw an Army convoy while filming Kindergarden Cop and began to campaign for a civilian version to be available on the market
VMm5B TIL that famed composer of musicals (i.e. Cats, Phantom of the Opera, and Evita) Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote his first full-length musical at age 17.