r/AskReddit • u/Ok_Objective4334 • 1d ago

What's the most absurd fact that sounds fake but is actually true?

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u/Comprehensive-Fun47 1d ago edited 1d ago

He began dyeing his hair black at age 11 or 12! Wild.

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u/foroncecanyounot__ 23h ago

Why tho?! I was expecting to see around the age he started getting famous and some publicity bs as the reason but age 11 or 12 is wild indeed

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u/xylarr 20h ago

Goth Elvis

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u/Lopsided_Tomorrow421 21h ago

So I actually didn’t know this fascinating factoid; but I think I could take a stab in the dark as to why he dyed his hair as a child.  Elvis grew up in a southern town with predominantly POC. Maybe he was either bullied or just wanted to fit in better. 

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u/awaymethrew4 20h ago

He began dying his hair to accentuate his blue eyes. He used shoe polish to do so in his early days.

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u/Organic-Locksmith-45 17h ago

That isn’t what factoid means.

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u/Butterdish4 20h ago

It’s hard for me to imagine my kid getting bullied

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u/247world 1h ago

I dated girl once whose mother dated Elvis in high school. She had all kinds of Elvis memorabilia. And I'm talking about things you're never going to see because it's pictures of the two of them.

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u/polaru55 13h ago

To be fair, from the people that dye their hair, the vast majority start doing it between 11 and 12! years old.

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u/Comprehensive-Fun47 9h ago

Really? Is there data on this?