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TIL Elvis Presley allied himself with FBI director Edgar Hoover and encouraged him to have John Lennon thrown out of the US

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QxdL TIL In 2005, an inexperienced trader at a Japanese bank tried to sell 1 share of J-Com stock for ¥640,000. He accidentally sold 640,000 shares for ¥1 each; the equivalent of selling $3bil worth of shares for the price of $5,000.
KODx4 TIL Bobby Leach, the 2nd person to go over Niagara falls in a barrel and survive, spent six months in the hospital recovering from his injuries. He traveled the world recounting his ordeal in vaudeville shows. Years later he slipped on an orange peel, injured his leg, and died from complications
W8jB TIL the oldest known person to live, Jeanne Calment, both met Van Gogh and appeared in a movie in 1990.
raJy TIL When Stalin’s son attempted suicide by shooting himself, Stalin’s response to finding out he would survive was “He cant even shoot straight”.
d85RK TIL that in the 80's, Canadian retailer Zellers used to wholesale pirate Atari 2600 games, only minimally changing box art and names