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TIL Dave Thomas shaped KFC as we know it

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WlE4 TIL that the cast of the 1979 science fiction horror film ‘Alien’ was never told about the chestburster scene in order to capture the authentic fear of the actors
yQg6p TIL until 1871, officer commissions in the British Army could be bought and sold
WkOkX TIL the "D" in the SD card logo is actually an optical disc, because the image was borrowed from Toshiba's unsuccessful Super Density (SD) Disc standard.
RY7Q TIL Honeybees in France were feeding off discarded colored M&M shells, turning their honey to shades of green and blue.
YpZrG TIL that out of thousands of Frog species, only one goes "RIBBIT", But it has become a global cliche of how a frog sounds because that particular frog specie resides in the West Coast of USA, where Hollywood is, and were recorded for sound effects in classic Hollywood movies.