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

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p5YN TIL Fred Phelps, founder of the anti-homosexual Westboro Baptist Church, was excommunicated by his own church just before his death for advocating being kinder to members.
165Jr TIL: the owner of Fuddruckers restaurant is the first black American to own 100% of a national hamburger franchise.
M7kd7 TIL that bystanders are less likely to intervene in emergency situations as the size of the group increases, and they feel less personal responsibility.
N7Mb TIL that a star called R136a1 is the most massive (265 solar masses) and most luminous (8,700,000 times the luminosity of the Sun) star known.
eprn5 TIL about dyscalculia, a learning disorder similar to dyslexia that affects one's ability to do math.