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TIL Kentucky Fried Chicken changed its name to KFC not to avoid the word "fried", but to avoid the word "Kentucky". All because the state of Kentucky had started charging companies to use it's name.

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YdRP TIL of NASA’s sound suppression system which soaks the launch pad with 300,000 gallons of water, reducing acoustical levels within the orbiter payload bay to about 142 decibels.
QJAoL TIL that the German parliament building, the Reichstag, has a memorial outside its front entrance, dedicated to its members of parliament that died "unnaturally" during the Nazi years, most in prisons or concentration camps.
X0wjR Today I learned that during the COVID-19 pandemic, an Italian fashion designer invented a three-piece bathing suit called a "trikini", which was just a regular bikini with a matching face mask.
rRm1 TIL An anonymous donor pays for the college education of every student in Kalamazoo, Michigan
64A8 TIL that the formula used to calculate the US’ poverty level is outdated. It is based off of the cost of living during the 1960’s when food was a family’s largest expenditure. If adjustments are made to the formula to reflect life today, then around 45.7 million Americans would be living in poverty.