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TIL KFC only became a success in Japan after a junior store manager lied about whether Kentucky Fried Chicken was a staple of American Christmas

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vxQ4 TIL Russian cosmonauts used to pack a shotgun in case they landed in Siberia and had to fend off bears.
Bbvk TIL of Colby Curtin, an eleven year old girl who’s dying wish was to see the movie ‘UP.’ A Pixar employee was sent to the girls house and screened the movie for her and her family. She died seven hours later shortly after watching the film.
OobgY TIL we went from Trentino to Quarantino as cities extended the isolation period of illness from 30 to 40 days. [Trentine means 30 days isolation. Quarantine means 40 days isolation.]
Qmgd TIL that Wernher von Braun the “Father of Rocket Technology” didnt do well in math and physics initially but forced himself to learn after he had read book about space exploration.
w9EE TIL that while filming The Shining, Shelly Duvall was forced to perform the iconic baseball bat scene 127 times to give the character a more exhausted look. Afterwards, Duvall presented the director Kubrick with clumps of hair that had fallen out due to the extreme stress of filming.