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TIL: Having KFC “Kentucky Fried Chicken” is a Christmas tradition in Japan.

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om6E TIL There is a famous film composer named Christian Paul Bacon, aka Chris P. Bacon
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mxkY TIL: Two thousand rats were bred for the production of Indiana Jones and the last Crusade (they had to be bred specially as ordinary rats would have been riddled with disease).
Br16K TIL There is no federal law against owning and displaying human bones in the US
MYn0 TIL Jon Burge, Chicago Police Comander, tortured black people for 30 years and wondered out loud if jury would “believe that bunch of niggers.” Only gets convicted of perjury after years of support by Fraternal Order of Police