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TIL that Robert F Kennedy Jr is an Anti Vaccine Crusader/wingnut

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Ool0e TIL that fast food chain KFC temporarily closed some branches in the UK due to a shortage of chicken supply. As an apology, they ran an ad that rearranged the letters on their chicken buckets to FCK.
Bmkx TIL That when Jim Carrey starred as the Grinch, it took 9 hours to to apply all the makeup required for the part, which drove Jim to the point of quitting the movie and he had to talk to the CIA about resisting torture.
yVWX TIL ancient Egyptian kings would avoid drinking wine because of its resemblance to blood, believing that it was the blood of those who battled the gods and lost - which is why drinking it temporarily drove people out of their senses and made them a little crazy.
LQ5X9 TIL that the Catholic Church in USA and Europe outsources its Mass Intention requests to India
8mba TIL: In WWII King George VI was at war with Nazi Germany as King of the UK, but as King of Ireland he was at peace with Germany and validated the credentials of German ambassadors. After WWII he was at war with himself as King of Pakistan and seperately King of India