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TIL Dave Thomas shaped KFC as we know it

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5VR8 TIL that Nelson Mandela was not taken off the US terror list until 2008
Z8Owa TIL that when all movie theaters were closed in 2020, a filmmaker made a movie in one week and rented out an entire theater to show it in. It was officially recognized as the #1 movie in America on that day. Because he was technically both the studio and the theater, he made all of his money back.
VBOpk Today I learned that the New York Times Best Seller List isn’t determined by sales numbers
DQpjP TIL: Bruce Willis had a top 5 pop music hit in 1987. "Respect Yourself" was a duet with Willis and June Pointer featuring background vocals by the Pointer Sisters,
ow9K TIL Mary MacKillop was excommunicated from the Catholic Church in 1871 after reporting a priest for sexually abusing children. 139 years later she was declared a saint by Pope Benedict XVI.