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TIL that the co-founder of the Hospital Corporation of America, Jack C. Massey, also owned KFC and additionally owned one of the largest franchises of Wendy’s.

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8xpb TIL that the first same-sex marriage license in the US was issued exactly 39 years ago, in Boulder, CO (by county clerk Clela Rorex, who later refused a marriage license to a man and his horse… because the underage horse did not have parental consent)
epgLJ TIL Crispin Glover, who played George McFly in Back to the Future, was replaced with actor Jeffrey Weissman in the sequel. They used shots of Glover from Back to the Future to make it more convincing. Glover was unhappy at this and sued, which resulted in the adoption of stricter rules by the SAG.
4kKX TIL there really IS a bakery where you can gamble with muffins! It’s called Double or Muffin! You buy a muffin and flip a coin. If you win you get two muffins and if you lose you get one muffin!
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e0WPE TIL Tom Hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln. Tom Hanks is a third cousin, four generations removed, of former President Abraham Lincoln. Their common ancestor is John Hanks (1680 - 1740), who was the great-great-grandfather of Lincoln and the six-time great-grandfather of Tom Hanks.