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TIL the animation segment in Bowling for Columbine that followed Matt Stone’s interview was made to look like it was by the South Park creators, which angered them and led to Michael Moore being parodied in Team America: World Police

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x6LnB TIL that there is an Episcopal saint, Rev. Charles Carroll Parsons, who was at one point the defense council to Lieutenant Colonel Custer who died at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
xnMk TIL the McRib is being sold all year round at McDonald’s in Germany, it has been a permanent menu item since 1985.
b9NY7 TIL Colonel Sanders (which is a the highest honorary title in the State of Kentucky) of KFC fame sold his company in 1964 for only $2 million dollars ($17 million today). He remained as brand ambassador but complained the company had cut costs and made an inferior product than the early days.
0eWL TIL That United States Patent #6630507 is a direct contradiction to the USA stance on Marijuana. | The Department of Health and Human Services has patented the use of Cannabinoids as a neuroprotectants and to treat neurodegenerative diseases.
GAXRj TIL Sloths can hold their breath up to 40-minutes underwater; Dolphins can hold it for only 20 minutes.