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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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7PgX TIL Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie, who won 2 Olympic Golds and 4 world titles in 10000 meters, runs with a crooked left arm because he developed the habit as a child when he used to run 10 kilometers to school every day whilst holding his books
6xJY TIL over the past few years the populations of wolves, lynxes, bears and wolverines in Europe have all been going up
gr0mD TIL in order to look strung out Charlie sheen stayed up for 2 days straight to achieve his role in Ferris bueller’s day off
yXjv TIL the world’s oldest ever flamingo was badly beaten by four teenagers, survived, and lived another 5 years to the age of 83.
Z87Z4 TIL that in Sweden you have a constitutional right to allemansrätten, which is the right to peacefully hike, camp, bike and enjoy nature anywhere in the country unimpeded, with the only restriction being very close to someone’s house or if you mess up a garden.