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TIL KFC hasn’t stood for Kentucky Fried Chicken since the early 90’s

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5Ywnr TIL: A British Navy Stoker managed to escape from a sinking submarine and get to the surface over a 100 feet up. He then swam five miles to land.
0jlj TIL a girl cost her father an $80,000 lawsuit settlement after breaking the confidentiality agreement by posting on Facebook “Gulliver is now officially paying for my vacation to Europe this summer. SUCK IT”.
eWGD TIL that Cherokee Indians ground roots of golden seal and mixed it with bear fat to use as a mosquito repellant.
KPA6 TIL The record for most passengers ever carried by a commercial airliner is 1,088, by an El Al Boeing 747 during Operation Solomon, which involved the evacuation of Ethiopian Jews from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and started on 24 May 1991. This figure included two babies born on the flight.
D1nYP TIL that, in 1991, the voice actor of Mickey Mouse and the voice actress of Minnie Mouse got married.