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TIL Colonel Sanders didn't start KFC until he was in his 60s

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DQAAD TIL the South Vietnam government building in Saigon/HoChiMinh City (The Independence Palace) has not been removed or destroyed and it's a popular tourist attraction
awvoJ TIL the President's desk in the Oval Office of the White House was a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880, & was carved from the HMS Resolute, a 19th century British Royal Navy ship that an American whaler recovered from the Arctic
QbVp TIL In 1996, a painting was stolen from the Museum of Bad Art. The museum offered a reward of six dollars and fifty cents for its return, and the purported thief demanded a $5,000 ransom ten years later. It was returned with no ransom paid.
py4e TIL that there is evidence to support that Ancient Egypt had proctologists and their term for the position literally translates to “shepherd of the anus”.
PYoQg TIL that F1 teams don’t own their tires, and at the end of each race teams have to return the tires to Pirelli. Even used tires must be returned to prevent industrial espionage.