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TIL Colonel Sanders’ legal career ended after a courtroom brawl (with his own client) destroyed his reputation. He also shot a man, in a business-related shootout.

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Mel0A TIL that in 2015 a German student used his countries FOIA to request the answers to an upcoming final exam.
epgJE TIL about Randy Gardner, who set the world record by staying awake for 11 days and 25 minutes in 1964 as part of a high school science experiment, experiencing severe cognitive and physical effects but fully recovering afterward.
4XLQw TIL that a single dynasty has occupied the position of Emperor of Japan continually for over two thousand years, so long that the first 28 emperors are likely legendary.
OoKxL TIL that during the carving of Mount Rushmore there were zero fatalities as a result of accidents. That is 14 years (1927-1941) of carving and dynamite blasts without a death.
4XvYw TIL The three organs that give electric eels the ability to generate electricity take up four fifths of its body. They can also control their victim's nervous system and muscles via electrical pulses, so they can keep prey from escaping or force it to move so they can locate its position