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TIL Elvis Presley was a twinless twin. His would-be twin brother was stillborn 35 minutes before Elvis was born.

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1XW TIL A dedicated Star Wars fan Is painstakingly restoring the star wars movies Without all the special edition crap!
MeQkK TIL the present-day Washington State was originally called "Columbia", but Congress forced the name change to "Washington" in honor of George Washington and to avoid confusion with the nation's capital, the District of Columbia
pArQ TIL Americans consume 80 % of all of the world’s opiates despite being 5% of the world’s population and in 2010 alone enough opiates were prescribed to medicate every American adult around the clock for a month according to the CDC.
Oox86 TIL that King of Hearts is the only one without a moustache
4XYrX TIL that Elton John played piano on the Hollies "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"