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TIL Kevin Spacey is a gifted impersonator

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1yr7 TIL in the first eight months of 1977 alone, Elvis Presley’s doctor prescribed him more than 10,000 doses of sedatives, amphetamines and narcotics
dKdd TIL 16 year old Ryan White contracted AIDS through a tainted blood transfusion and was denied access to his school. The ensuing lawsuit made national headlines, and his case is widely credited with bringing about AIDS awareness and education.
DQgWp TIL the record for the longest name ever used was held by a German-American man. The name is so long it can't fit in this title but was abbreviated as Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr. The name has its origins in his Great-Grandfather's sarcastic response to a law mandating German Jews take a second name.
Jdrj TIL That Auburn football star Tre Mason’s father, Vincent Mason, is a member of rap group De La Soul, and recorded the laugh heard in the Gorillaz song “Feel Good Inc.”
0xj1 TIL that in the British run German internment camps of WWI a German born member developed an exercise program that could be done using only one’s own body-weight. His name? Joseph Pilates.