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TIL Elvis Presley recorded over 600 songs during his lifetime, but he didn’t write any of them.

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QNVYp TIL that firefighting was an event at the 1900 Paris summer olympics. Both professional and volunteer firefighters were allowed to participate. Porto Portugal won the gold in the volunteer category, while Kansas City, USA won in the professional category
BkJb TIL during the Black Plague, some plague doctors were officially commissioned and paid to walk the streets and differentiate between the living and the dead by poking bodies with sticks.
QNMap TIL Slovenia has more major governmental subdivisions (201) than there are nations in the U.N. (195), and that Serbia, Uganda, Latvia and Philippines also have over 100 subdivisions
P1xPL TIL that 15% of all romantic relationships have a partner “stolen”/lured from another relationship. That is, one of the partners has gotten seduced while involved with—and lured away from—their ex-partner.
VgE8 TIL that not only can Brazilian prisoners take time off their sentences by writing book reports, but also by riding exercise bicycles that helps power the local plaza. (16 hours of biking = 1 day removed from sentence)