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TIL that North Korea has a space program and it only has a 20% success ratio.

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JRM8 TIL there are an indigenous people of Japan who traditionally have giant beards.
MBKA TIL that the distress calls of baby mammals share elements across species: a study in the Canadian prairies showed that mother deers rushed towards recorded cries not only of infant deers, but also those of fur seals, dogs, cats and humans.
5Ve8p TIL that The Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Queen, Janis Joplin, Guns N' Roses, Tupac, The Doors, and the Grateful Dead - some of the biggest names/groups in music history - have a collective ZERO competitive Grammy wins.
Bre4r TIL some blind people can understand speech that is almost three times faster than the fastest speech sighted people can understand. Research suggests that a section of the brain that normally responds to light is re-mapped in blind people to process sound.
OoNP6 TIL Joe Rogan and Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance are Cousins