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TIL Elvis’ manager sold “I Hate Elvis” badges to make money from those who otherwise wouldn’t have parted with their cash for Elvis merchandise.

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ZOYp TIL that if your flag is damaged or worn, according to the US flag code it should be burned in a dignified way
p8GM8 TIL in 2016, a fleck of paint hit the 6-inch-thick windshield of the International Space Station and went about 3 inches into the glass.
W7yP9 TIL Australian military ration packs include a tube of Vegemite.
R5m7 TIL that during filming of Schindler’s List, a survivor of the concentration camp in Płaszów Poland met actor Ralph Fiennes, who played Nazi captain Amon Goeth; she began to shake uncontrollably at the sight of him because he was so convincing; Goeth was responsible for tens of thousands of deaths
O0V7 TIL in 2003 a pallasite meteorite as old as the earth itself was found in China. It’s so beautiful a sliver can fetch millions at auction.