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EVKd TIL Egypt sued the Jews for the property they “borrowed” before the exodus in the court of Alexander the great the jews countersued for 400+ years of unpaid wages for 600,000 men and the egyptians promptly dropped the case
VBrYZ TIL Colonel Sanders moved to Canada, settling in Mississauga, ON after selling his U.S. KFC rights in 1965 — and apparently left such a mark they named a hospital wing 🍗 after him.
0wndL TIL The source of the term "green room" has been lost to history.
wLNnM TIL: "I Fought the Law" singer/musician Bobby Fuller was found dead in a parked car, outside his LA home. No evidence of foul play or suicide was found. Neither were ruled out. For those who believed it to be murder, suspects cited have ranged from the Mafia and Charles Manson to the local P.D.
XE1O6 TIL Hitler used an arson attack on the German parliament to justify taking away most civil liberties in Germany, including habeas corpus, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, the right of free association, public assembly and the secrecy of the post and telephone