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TIL that during World War II, US Army Lieutenant Colonel Cohen was selected by General Patton to organize a raid to rescue Patton’s son-in-law from a German camp; Cohen was prevented from leading the raid due to hemorrhoids. Patton personally examined Cohen and remarked, “that is some sorry ass.”
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[TIL] Early in his career, Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, had a habit of getting into fights. He once had a shootout with a competitor, Matt Stewart. After Stewart shot and killed one of Sanders’ employees, Stewart was convicted of murder, eliminating Sanders’ competition.
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TIL of John R. Baylor the self-proclaimed ‘governor’ of Arizona who was a Confederate Colonel whose self-appointment was later approved by Jefferson Davis. Baylor gave orders to exterminate the indigenous Apache and when Davis got wind of it he rescinded the orders as well as Baylor’s governorship.
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TIL that the primary cause of the American Revolution was taxes imposed for America’s fair share of the French and Indian War, which George Washington himself accidentally started as a 21-year old militia colonel, only appointed since his brother was a rich investor and friend of the governor.
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