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TIL Colonel Sanders was in a shootout with a local rival who killed a bystander. With his competitor convicted of murder, Sanders’ first restaurant lost its competition.

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woPaW TIL In Iceland, you cannot name your child whatever you want. You can only use a name that appears on an official list of approved Icelandic names. But it is possible to apply to a committee for permission to use a name which is not yet listed.
Anx4 TIL -The remaining Kennedy assassination related documents are scheduled to be released to the public by 2017"
xVPG7 TIL that there is a species of desert rodent, the Kangaroo Rat, which does not drink water at all. Instead it absorbs water through the metabolic oxidation of the seeds it eats and uses it with near perfect efficiency.
e0PXD TIL that natural gas, propane, etc don't really have a smell of their own. A chemical called methanethiol is added as a safety measure because it is detectable by the human nose at incredibly small concentrations. It is also partially responsible for the smell of bad breath and flatulence.
gr65W TIL the parasitic wasp Habrobracon can cope with over 180 times of a Human’s lethal radiation exposure. While a Cockroach can survive 6 to 15 times the lethal dose for Human’s.