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TIL that along with being accused of cannibalism, early Christians in the Roman Empire were considered atheists because they denied all the other gods

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9YbdX TIL COLONEL SANDERS Tried to sell his recipes to other restaurants. His recipe was rejected 1,009 times, When finally in 1952, He sold his secret recipe "Kentucky Fried Chicken" for the first time to the operator of one of the city's largest restaurants.A 6th grade drop out, fired from multiple jobs
vPXXK TIL: Only one major conspirator of the failed July 20th (Operation Valkyrie) plot to assassinate Hitler survived World War II. He went on to become a leading figure in NATO.
l8PA TIL Metallica’s Lars Ulrich announced that Metallica’s music is available for free streaming on Spotify. Which was founded by the same man who founded Napster. Sean Parker
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OoLoY TIL In 1984, Burger King ran an ad campaign with a character called “Mister Rodney” touting its superior cooking over McDonald’s. The campaign was stopped after Mister Rogers himself called Burger King’s vice president, who had the commercial taken off the air.