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TIL That Elvis Presley's manager sold "I Hate Elvis" badges as a way to make money from people who weren't buying Elvis merchandise

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VM87p TIL Viking women’s faces were more masculine than today’s women, while Viking men's faces looked more feminine than today's men, with a less prominent jaw and brow ridges. The ambiguous facial features mean that it is difficult to decide upon a Viking skeleton’s sex based on the skull alone
x6e7D TIL that an ankylosaur fossil was discovered in 2011 so flawlessly preserved that some of its skin, armor, and stomach contents were still intact.
rRRmy TIL Neil Armstrong's boots are still on the moon.
logjA TIL that a Presidential candidate technically doesn't get to pick their own Vice President. The Electoral College votes for the VP separately.
x6JNb TIL: the population density of the United States is less than that of Easter Island.