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TIL execution by mortar shell is a thing in North Korea

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RaB9 TIL there is a medicine being developed that will not only cure the common cold, but pretty much any viral infection you could get, including possibly HIV. (Why can’t we fast-track this research?)
m76P TIL that Guantanamo Bay has a few fast food restaurants on base, and prisoners who cooperate in interrogations have been given McDonald’s Happy Meals as rewards
M7NWa TIL Zam Zam Cola is the unofficial soft drink of the Hajj
4Y9b TIL that the name of a flock of ravens is “an unkindness of ravens” or a “Conspiracy of ravens”.
gMl4b TIL that there are only three countries in the world that don't use the metric system - Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States.