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TIL KFC founder Colonel Sanders and his wife, Claudia had grown unhappy with recipe changes at KFC after selling the company. So in 1968, they opened Claudia Sanders Dinner House. It was later subject to a lawsuit by the new owners of KFC that was settled out of court.

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