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TIL that Colonel Sanders was highly critical of KFC, calling it "a damn fried doughball stuck on some chicken" and "God-damned slop," while denouncing the gravy as "horrible." At times he'd surprise enter a KFC and throw the food on the floor if in disgust.

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X5BE TIL that there is a biker gang from Arizona who help keep child abuse victims safe while the child’s abuser is prosecuted, including guarding their houses at night if person is not yet in jail and attending court with the child, shielding them so they don’t have to look at their abuser
p8nmb TIL If your tooth is knocked out, with root intact, you can actually put it back in place immediately and it will reattach to the jaw bone. It's the only body part that can reattach on its own, although the nerves and blood vessels will need medical intervention.
JoMB TIL Thomas Jefferson built a clock on the outside wall of his house with only an hour hand, as he believed an hour hand would be accurate enough for his slaves
R7Ddl TIL of Ben L. Salomon, a U.S. Army dentist during WW2, assigned as a front line surgeon. When the Japanese started overrunning his hospital, he took action, allowing the safe evacuation of the wounded and killing as many as 98 enemy troops before being killed himself during the Battle of Saipan.
XEvDr TIL: Theres an extremely rare condition humans can have called Hematidrosis which causes a person to sweat blood, normally under extreme physical or emotional stress.