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TIL that the proof for 1+1=2 is 52 steps long

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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.
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l1Or TIL Michael Jackson cast 80 members of the Los Angeles’ Crips and Bloods for the music video “Beat It” in hopes to foster peace between them.
aw9MA TIL the first public iPhone call was a prank call made by Steve Jobs himself. He called Starbucks and ordered 4,000 lattes then said just kidding and hung up.
Br8Ak TIL that the world's oldest mouse, Yoda, reached the age of 4 years in a pathogen-free environment at the University of Michigan, living with his cage mate Princess Leia. 100-year-old people are much more common than 4-year-old mice.", said his lab director.