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A colonel in the French Foreign Legion was given command of an isolated outpost in the middle of the desert.

by cringeyjokesman June 14, 2022, 4:23 pm

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TIL McLean Stevenson, who played Colonel Blake in M*A*S*H on TV, and Roger Bowen, who played Blake in the movie, died on consecutive days

by whatilearned June 4, 2022, 9:53 pm

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TIL The iconic Princess Leia buns are inspired by an indigenous Mexican and Native American Hopi Tribe hairstyle called Squash Blossom, made famous by freedom fighter Clara De La Rocha, a Colonel in the Mexican Revolution.

by whatilearned June 1, 2022, 5:19 pm

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One day in artillery instruction, a colonel came to inspect our class.

by cringeyjokesman May 23, 2022, 3:35 pm

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Are Bernie Sanders and Colonel Sanders related?

by CopyPastaArchive April 25, 2022, 5:02 pm

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TIL about Dave Thomas, who was a mentee of Colonel Sanders, who came up with the idea for the rotating bucket sign and having the Colonel appear on TV. He later sold his stake in four of his franchises back to Sanders for $1.5 million, then went on to found a chain of restaurants called Wendy’s.

by whatilearned April 24, 2022, 1:27 am

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TIL that early in his career, Colonel Sanders was involved in a shootout with one of his competitors over the repainting of a sign directing business towards his restaurant. One of his employees was killed in the fight.

by whatilearned March 22, 2022, 3:25 pm

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TIL about Johnny Clem, who joined the Union Army as a drummer boy at age 10. Clem became a legend when he shot and killed a Confederate Colonel at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863.

by whatilearned March 12, 2022, 2:36 pm

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A new Colonel gets stationed in Iraq…

by cringeyjokesman March 10, 2022, 11:59 am

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TIL That character actor William Smith, whose roles included the Russian Spetsnaz colonel in Red Dawn, nearly had a different career path. While in the Air Force Smith attained several top secret clearances and was considered for a role in the intelligence community before he decided on acting.

by whatilearned February 21, 2022, 7:54 pm

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TIL that at the Confederacy’s surrender at Appomattox, a Seneca Indian (General Grant’s secretary), Lieutenant Colonel Ely Parker, wrote the terms of surrender

by whatilearned February 21, 2022, 12:51 am

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TIL that while Harland Sanders was a real person, he wasn’t a real Colonel. He received the honorary title of Kentucky Colonel when he was 44. He didn’t found KFC until he was 61 and he lived to be 90.

by whatilearned February 14, 2022, 12:06 am

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