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TIL KFC had to pay the real Colonel Sanders $1 Million to stop publicly hating on their chicken

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9ZZQ TIL there is a pastor in South Korea named Jong-rak who created a baby box that he attached to the side of his house to collect mentally handicapped or unwanted babies to prevent them from being abandoned on the side of the road and left to die.
Xp0D TIL In rural Austria, a girl would keep an apple slice under her armpit while dancing. At the end of the dance, she would offer the sweat-soaked slice to the man of her choice, who would eat the apple
GLnj TIL the creator of the American incarnation of Mothers Day’s later denounced the holiday and tried to have it removed from the national calendar because it became too commercialized.
BgdNk TIL of the Canadian commander Charles De Salaberry who defeated the American invasion of Montreal. Salaberry deployed marching buglers to play in all different directions, meaning his American opponents didn’t know how many men he had or what direction they were coming from.
mxENR TIL, a Bugatti Veyron has 16 oil plugs and changing the oil takes 27 hours, costing $21,000.