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TIL in 1976 Elvis spent ~$16,000 for a midnight return flight from Memphis to Denver to eat a Fools Gold sandwich which consists of one jar of Skippy creamy peanut butter, one jar of Smucker’s grape jelly, and one pound of lean bacon fried crisp.

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