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

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e09g4 TIL about Cristina Zenato, a professional diver in the Bahamas, who is known as the "Shark Whisperer", who likes to nuzzle sharks as if they were dogs or cats. She has so far removed over 300 hooks from sharks' mouths
b6YpN TIL after the founders of Smartfood popcorn sold their company to Frito-Lay in 1989, they later founded Annie's brand, known for their mac and cheese
B5Dx TIL that George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm among others, was a Spanish Civil War veteran. He served with the Workers’ Party of Marxist Unification, an anti-Stalinist communist international brigade fighting for the Loyalist (Republican) faction.
wmVJ TIL Blackbeard was remarkably judicious in his use of force. In dozens of eyewitness accounts, there is not a single instance in which he killed anyone prior to his final, fatal battle with the Royal Navy. “I haven’t seen a single piece of evidence that Blackbeard ever used violence against anyone.”
0dNL TIL rainbows never form during midday (because the sun must be at a low angle)