#6 : Fun facts you may not have known about the King : " Elvis Presley "

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#6. At one point in the early '60s, Elvis owned a 40-pound chimpanzee named Scatter. Scatter had a habit of terrifying Presley's female guests and peeking under their skirts, which got the primate punched in the face by Elvis' friend Patti Parry.

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