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TIL that KFC sponsors a children's version of Cricket in South Africa fittingly called KFC Mini Cricket.

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GYNo4 TIL that bats in the US eat so many insects that they save farmers an estimated $22.9 billion every year on pesticides.
GyD1 TIL a Croatian man, Frane Selak, escaped death several times throughout the mid-1900s, including (but not limited to) falling out of an airplane, being hit by a bus, and swerving off a road and over a cliff to avoid an auto accident. In 2003, he purchased his first lottery ticket, and won.
XlNk TIL in 1988 George Lucas spoke out against the altering of films & importance to preserve original versions
6RZY TIL That Michelangelo hid an image of the human brain’s anatomy in the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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