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TIL that despite writing massive hits "All Shook Up", "Don't Be Cruel", "Return to Sender" and others, Otis Blackwell never met Elvis Presley in person.

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de79 TIL according to radiocarbon dating, the earliest known Walls of Jericho date from 7825BC - more than twice as old as the Pyramids
Zwna TIL 11,000 work-years were dedicated to the NASA inter-planetary Voyager Program through to the Neptune Encounter. This is equivalent to a third of the work estimated to complete the Great Pyramid at Giza.
4kN76 TIL that the novels of Brett Ellis, author of American Psycho, occupy a shared universe. Patrick Bateman first appears in 'Rules of Attraction', then in 'Glamorama' (in which he is noted as having "strange stains" on the lapel of his Armani suit) and even appears alongside Ellis in 'Lunar Park'.
OBEe TIL: The United States has never gone more than 33 consecutive years without a war
m64x TIL The Catholic Church believes Jesus won’t allow Transubstantiation of gluten free bread because it lacks wheat.