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TIL North Korea has a “three generations of punishment” system, where individuals found guilty of a crime are sent to the labour camps with their entire family.The subsequent two generations of that family are then born in the camp and live their lives locked up inside

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OGYY TIL Americans throw away 40% of all their food.
vN74 TIL all of the tin produced in the US is recycled. The United States has neither mined tin since 1993 nor smelted tin since 1989, but it was the largest secondary producer, recycling nearly 14,000 tonnes in 2006.
xVAQk TIL President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda hold the Guinness World Record for "Greatest Robbery of a Government". They stole hundreds of millions of dollars causing the total national loss from between $5 and $10 billion
Ja8l TIL the fastest red card in a football/soccer game was after 2 seconds for “foul language”. After the whistle to start the game Lee Todd said “Fuck me, that was loud”
KKQ4 TIL That Russia had a genocide with far more people in WWII, but because they joined the allies last minute, no one, including men still alive today, was held accountable for these actions.