{"id":246,"date":"2011-08-19T00:56:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T07:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=246"},"modified":"2012-11-28T01:43:29","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T09:43:29","slug":"elvis-was-blond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/elvis-was-blond\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvis was Blond"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/funny-graphs-what-you-can-d2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-248\" title=\"What you can do to Elvis\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/funny-graphs-what-you-can-d2.jpg\" alt=\"What you can do to Elvis\" width=\"336\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I found out<\/a> that Elvis didn&#8217;t naturally have black hair.\u00a0 He was born a blond and, when he got older, his hair was more of a sandy blond color.\u00a0 He started occasionally dying it black all the way back when he was in high school and eventually just always kept it as black.<\/p>\n<p>Other fun Elvis Related Facts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There are an estimated 50,000 people in the world today that make a living as Elvis impersonators.<\/li>\n<li>Elvis had a black belt in Karate and loved the martial art so much he gave his instructor $50,000 to start a Karate school in Memphis.<\/li>\n<li>(irony alert) Elvis once wrote a letter to President Nixon asking to become an undercover narcotics cop. Nixon responded by personally giving Elvis a Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs badge.<\/li>\n<li>During Elvis&#8217;s autopsy, doctors found 10 different drugs in Elvis&#8217;s blood stream.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69f17cc3bff73\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Expand for References:\"    >Expand for References:<\/span><div id=\"target-id69f17cc3bff73\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Evlis Presley, a natural blond\" href=\"http:\/\/www.associatedcontent.com\/article\/1361334\/elvis_presley_a_natural_blond.html?cat=7\" target=\"_blank\">Elvis Presley, a natural blond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Elvis Presley Bio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000062\/bio\" target=\"_blank\">Elvis Presley Bio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Elvis Presley Facts and Photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spinner.com\/2009\/01\/08\/30-coolest-things-about-elvis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elvis Presley Facts and Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Picture Source\" href=\"http:\/\/graphjam.com\/2008\/05\/25\/song-chart-memes-what-you-can-do-to-elvis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Picture Source<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/funny-graphs-what-you-can-d2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-248\" title=\"What you can do to  Elvis\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/funny-graphs-what-you-can-d2.jpg\" alt=\"What you can do to Elvis\" width=\"336\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I found out<\/a> that Elvis didn&#8217;t naturally have black hair.\u00a0 He was born a blond and, when he got older, his hair was more of a sandy blond color.\u00a0 He started occasionally dying it black all the way back when he was in high school and eventually just always kept it as black.<\/p>\n<p>Other fun Elvis Related Facts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There are an estimated 50,000 people in the world today that make a living as Elvis impersonators.<\/li>\n<li>Elvis had a black belt in Karate and loved the martial art so much he gave his instructor $50,000 to start a Karate school in Memphis.<\/li>\n<li>(irony alert) Elvis once wrote a letter to President Nixon asking to become an undercover narcotics cop. Nixon responded by personally giving Elvis a Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs badge.<\/li>\n<li>During Elvis&#8217;s autopsy, doctors found 10 different drugs in Elvis&#8217;s blood stream.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Evlis Presley, a natural blond\" href=\"http:\/\/www.associatedcontent.com\/article\/1361334\/elvis_presley_a_natural_blond.html?cat=7\" target=\"_blank\">Elvis Presley, a natural blond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Elvis Presley Bio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000062\/bio\" target=\"_blank\">Elvis Presley Bio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Elvis Presley Facts and Photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spinner.com\/2009\/01\/08\/30-coolest-things-about-elvis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elvis Presley Facts and Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Picture Source\" href=\"http:\/\/graphjam.com\/2008\/05\/25\/song-chart-memes-what-you-can-do-to-elvis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Picture Source<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I found out<\/a> that Elvis didn&#8217;t naturally have black hair.\u00a0 He was born a blond and, when he got older, his hair was more of a sandy blond color.\u00a0 He started occasionally dying it black all the way back when he was in high school and eventually just always kept it as black. 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