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TIL that nearly every country except the United States has made it policy to not attack dams

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6ERB7 TIL that Colonel Sanders, founder of KFC, was buried wearing his iconic white suit and string bowtie
LKr9 TIL In 1973, the US government stopped research into thorium based nuclear reactors as, unlike Uranium reactors, their byproducts could not be used to make nuclear weapons
78LZL TIL: There was a Roman writer named Censorinus the Grammarian or Censorinus Grammaticus who wrote a myriad of books covering many subjects such as geometry, astronomy, music, math /philosophy questions, etc.
Rjjj TIL “Spirit Halloween” shops that pop up around Halloween are owned by Spencer Gifts and make up nearly half of the company’s revenue in the two months they’re open each year.
wopdJ TIL that legendary University of Alabama football coach Bear Bryant has a species of shark named after him due to the type material being held at McWane Science Center, which Bryant made contributions to during his life.