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TIL that toward the end of his life, Col Sanders became critical of the quality of the food at KFC, believing it had deteriorated due to cost-cutting measures. In a 1975 interview he likened the gravy to wallpaper paste.

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kpx7 TIL that during WWII, Ford profited from its factory in Germany. It used ppl from concentration camps to produce military vehicles for the Nazis. In 1945, the US gov paid Ford $1m for damage to the factory caused by Allied bombings. When Holocaust survivors later sued, Ford got the case dismissed.
OoaW4 TIL Henry Ford really hated jazz. He associated it with Jewish and black people, calling it "Monkey talk, jungle squeals, grunts and squeaks and gasps suggestive of calf love." To counter the popularity of Jazz, Ford poured tons of money into country music.
OG0v7 TIL when Game Boy was first released 1989, the North America version came bundled with only Tetris. Only four other games were available: Allyway, Baseball, Super Mario Land and Tennis. Within ten years more than 1000 games were available.
r1OW TIL that before the interstate highway system was established, it took a military convoy 62 days to cross the United States from coast to coast.
J8Om TIL there is a Spider in the Amazon that builds little picket fences around its egg pouches to protect them