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TIL a man successfully escaped a high security prison using only a cardboard box

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R7dA8 TIL that the North Korean Embassy in London is situated within a residential area in a semi-detached seven-bedroom house
0dWXy TIL of Gunnar Sønsteby, a member of the Norwegian resistance in WW2, whose Oslo Gang stole the printing plates for the kroner from the Central Bank and assassinated the Nazi head of police for Norway. He was the most highly decorated Norwegian citizen at the time of his death.
grPrL TIL of George Francis Train. He founded railroads, built parts of the transcontinental railroad and found a horse drawn tram in London. He traveled around the world in 80 days in 1870 and claimed: "Verne stole my thunder. I'mPhileas Fogg".
Mebw7 TIL The WWI Vickers Machine Gun, Used by the British from 1913-1968, was so reliable that in one test, they fired it continuously for 7 days and 7 nights
X0Bxj TIL that the human body cant process carbs and fats at once, and it has a name.