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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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m9eM TIL in 1980, a German reporter by the name of Jurgen Heinzpeter, exposed the atrocities of the South Korean government during the Gawngju Uprising. He snuck into Gwangju with the help of a local taxi driver and documented the killing of civilian protesters.
Lv8m TIL a American dentist secretly drilled “Remember Pearl Harbor” in morse code, into the dentures of captured Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo.
XE8n6 TIL about Allen Wu, the fired CEO of ARM China who still continues to operate ARM China as he is in possession of ARM China's official company stamp (chop), which is required to legally fire him
bOJE TIL Dave Chappelle was originally offered the role of Bubba in Forest Gump, but turned it down. A decision he later regretted
JYQpQ TIL That in 1991 influential and bestselling hip-hop lyricist Ice-T was among the first rappers to express comments supportive of the LGBT community