AND NOW YOU KNOW…THE REST OF THE STORY: The legend of Col. Harland Sanders, from assistant manager of a cafeteria serving Manhattan Project atomic scientists in World War II, to international corporate spokesman, to the birth of Japan’s “Kentucky for Christmas” tradition. “In contrast to most other famous food icons, Colonel Sanders was once a living, breathing person, and his life story is considerably more tumultuous than the white-washed corporate biography suggests.”

(Via Maggie’s Farm.)