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TIL that literacy in North Korea is measured by their ability to write the name of their Dear Leader.

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7rONp TIL Charlie Day has worn the same pair of sneakers for every episode of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
gMjgW TIL in 1954, when the Swanson TV dinner was first sold in retail outlets, it was controversial: men wrote to the company complaining that they preferred their wives cook from scratch like their mothers did as opposed to the "just heat and serve" meal.
KQgE TIL French Emperor Napoleon wore poison around his neck in case of defeat. When he finally used it in 1814, it had lost its strength and only made him painfully ill.
GA7RG TIL Just two weeks before the 1892 U.S. Presidential election, First Lady Caroline Harrison died. The voters were unsympathetic and Benjamin Harrison lost re-election. Their daughter Mary served out the term as First Lady.
e0lm6 TIL Between 1920 and 2000 the man hours required to produce a ton of steel reduced by a factor of 1000.