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TIL that North Korea has less firepower than Thailand, and only slightly more than Ethiopia.

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mxMyx TIL of “Cow Tools,” a cartoon described as the most loathed Far Side strip ever, that confused so many readers the newspaper’s phones didn’t stop ringing for two days. The author, Gary Larson, issued a press release explaining the joke after receiving hundreds of letters.