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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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RVy1 TIL “APACHE N4SIR” was the last man on earth to play on the original Xbox’s Live Service, for nearly 30 days after it was discontinued.
ZpZ0p TiL the term "Gaslighting" actually came from a movie of the same name where the husband tricks the wife into thinking she's mentally unwell so he can steal from her.
BrDgW TIL samurai took the heads of their enemies as proof of their kills. This practice was part of the Bushido code, with strict rules on maintaining and presenting the heads. Once presented, these kills were then recorded in the official 'Book of Heads'.
oBvV7 TIL that radio was broadcast live until the late 1940s because of how bad recorded phonograph discs sounded. Prime time shows had to be performed twice in the U.S., once for each coast.
dDL9K TIL that there are just under twice as many kangaroos as humans in Australia