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TIL that Elton John never performed the Princess Diana version of Candle in the Wind again after her funeral in 1997, despite receiving numerous requests.

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nekX7 TIL that mid grade gasoline doesn't really exist and is usually blended at the pump
OGZa7 Today I learned Samuel Colt threw laughing gas parties to invest in making his firearms. He traveled America calling himself a doctor performing demonstrations with nitrous oxide.
naPr TIL that Doc Holliday’s last words, while looking at his bootless feet while laying in bed, were “Damn, this is funny.” Apparently he, like many others, never believed he would die in a bed with his boots off.
E1kOW TIL Teddy Roosevelt traveled over 300 miles to arrest three boat thieves in the Dakota territory, forcing them to march back for trial instead of hanging them. He even recreated the capture for a photo before turning them in
ln6A TIL that pig rectum is almost indistinguishable from calamari, and is sometimes secretly used as a substitute or sold as “artificial calamari”.