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O8Dg TIL that a ‘we can change any part of this contract, any time we want, without telling you’ can be a 'poison pill’ that invalidates the rest of a contract.
O05X TIL Bolivian President Morales was once a coca farmer (used to make cocaine). He was brought to power through the Communist party of Bolivia, and once he became president, expelled all the DEA agents and expanded Coca production to 20,000 hectares.
8abJb TIL Following the buyout of K.F.C in 1971, Colonel Sanders disliked their food so much that he developed plans to franchise “The Colonel’s Lady’s Dinner House” restaurant (which he opened with his wife in Kentucky, in 1968) as a competitor. Followed by Sanders suing the new owners for $122 million.
ADge7 TIL that the Louisiana bar exam is 21.5 hours long, the longest of any state.
OoJ1e TIL of Schienenzeppelin, an experimental railcar built in 1930 that moved via double bladed propeller and reached 143 mph. Only one example was built and never put in service due to safety concerns