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TIL That Russia uses North Korean slaves in Siberian labor camps. Most slaves are unaware that they are no longer in Korea.

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J1pxl TIL in 1986 Mark Wahlberg chased after three black kids, throwing rocks at them while shouting "kill the nier, kill the nier!".
D1vav TIL In LOTR from Bag End to Mt Doom, Frodo travels approximately 1,800 miles in 185 days. That’s an eminently achievable average of 9.73 miles each day. In the Hobbit, Bilbo, on the other hand, travels a total of 950 miles in 172 days — an average of just 5.52 miles per day.
6wLw TIL of 1177 BC: The year that civilization collapsed. In a short period of time all empires along the Mediterranean collapsed violently;including the Egyptian, Hittite, and Mycenaean empires.Almost every significant city in the eastern Mediterranean world was destroyed, and historians don’t know why
ADO84 TIL The citizens of the city of Austin, TX voted to name a solid waste depot the "Fred Durst Center for the Arts and Humanities"
p8aNA TIL - The Song “Rubber Duckie” by Ernie from Sesame Street, reached #16 on the Billboard charts in September of 1970.