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TIL that Colonel Sanders, founder of KFC, was buried wearing his iconic white suit and string bowtie

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neK7P Today I Learned NASA created a Capture the Flag contest for it's future of manned space travel. On its final flight, Shuttle Atlantis left a small flag on the ISS. This flag was attached to the hatch and was to be brought home by an American spacecraft. It comes home with SpaceX.
OoEJR TIL of a Dutch sailor who stole a military aircraft and flew it to Libya to get out of the Dutch Navy.
Z8vxY TIL hundreds of Canadian doctors asked for their own pay raises to be canceled. An open letter was signed by GPs, specialists, residents, and med students who asked for the money to be reallocated to others such as nurses.
6dVJ TIL that WD-40 can be used to remove paint marks from cars, oil stains from driveways, and tomato stains from clothes, keep away roaches, “polish” plastic patio furniture, +46 more uses.
EgbMP TIL of Maximator, an intelligence alliance between the secret services of Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, and France. It is comparable to the "Five Eyes" and is named after a German beer.