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TIL that Colonel Sanders made surprise visits to KFC restaurants. If dissatisfied with the food he threw it to the floor while cursing out the employees.

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e0P0E TIL that Mercury is the closest planet to Earth and to every other planet in the solar system most of the time.
E0Zx TIL That in 1944, the income tax rate in the U.S. for the top bracket was 94%
epZGL TIL that electrical devices have something called a „Sabbath mode“ which exists to restrict functions of said devices to be used, as energy/fire usage to cook is prohibited during the sabbath
rR7QM TIL that the Spartans actually surrendered, they were not as mighty as hyped to be. They surrendered to an Athenian army at the Battle of Sphacteria. And i'm not talking about some low key warriors, they were Spartan elites. 120 of them.
x6Prg TIL Ada Lovelace, daughter of poet Lord Byron, is considered by some to be the first computer programmer. She wrote notes on Charles Babbage's "Analytical Engine" that included an algorithm for calculating a sequence of numbers. Lovelace envisioned the machine creating art and music.