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TIL that Chuck Taylor All-Stars have been around for over 100 years

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PYAmg TIL that Colonel Sanders was highly critical of KFC, calling it "a damn fried doughball stuck on some chicken" and "God-damned slop," while denouncing the gravy as "horrible." At times he'd surprise enter a KFC and throw the food on the floor if in disgust.
YpbvB TIL on his deathbed, Walt Disney scrawled his final words on a piece of paper: "Kurt Russell"
E1LOP TIL In 2012 as a Valentine’s Day promotion, Pizza Hut offered a $10,010 “proposal package” that included $10 in pizza and breadsticks, limo service, a photographer, fireworks, and a ruby engagement ring.
bLeE TIL That statistically, Japanese people are 72 times more likely to kill themselves than to be killed by someone else.
a8gVL TIL That in 2005, anarchist punk band “Chumbawamba” recorded an EP to be released upon the death of Margaret Thatcher. It was then released in 2013, 4 months after the band had disbanded