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* He did indeed serve in the U.S. Army, but Colonel Harland Sanders, founder of KFC, was not a Colonel in any military sense. Rather, he was a Kentucky Colonel, a title of honor in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, given by the governor and the secretary of state to individuals in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments and outstanding service to a community, state, or the nation. Sanders was given the honor twice for his work in the food industry. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Colonel More info on it here.] |
* He did indeed serve in the U.S. Army, but Colonel Harland Sanders, founder of KFC, was not a Colonel in any military sense. Rather, he was a Kentucky Colonel, a title of honor in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, given by the governor and the secretary of state to individuals in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments and outstanding service to a community, state, or the nation. Sanders was given the honor twice for his work in the food industry. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Colonel More info on it here.] |
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* [[wikipedia:Yahya Jammehc|His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh Esquire]]. The despotic "president" of Gambia did indeed rule the small nation until 2017, but most of those titles were made up, as he had the odd habit of inventing honors to bestow upon himself. incidentally, he also claimed he would rule Gambia for a billion years or until Allah told him otherwise. |
* [[wikipedia:Yahya Jammehc|His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh Esquire]]. The despotic "president" of Gambia did indeed rule the small nation until 2017, but most of those titles were made up, as he had the odd habit of inventing honors to bestow upon himself. incidentally, he also claimed he would rule Gambia for a billion years or until Allah told him otherwise. |
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin Ugandan dictator Idi Amin] was even worse than Jammehc. His "official" title (self-appointed) was "His Excellency President-For-Life Field Marshal Al Hadj Doctor |
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin Ugandan dictator Idi Amin] was even worse than Jammehc. His "official" title (self-appointed) was "His Excellency President-For-Life Field Marshal Al Hadj Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, Conqueror of the British Empire and Africa in General and Uganda in Particular". Only one part of that was true, the part about conquering Uganda. |
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