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TIL North Korean tunnels exist under the DMZ, apparently designed for a surprise attack on Seoul. 4 have been discovered since the 1970s, but there are suspected to be up to 20 more.

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eR0b TIL an episode of Rocko’s Modern Life taking place 17 years in the future aired 17 years ago on this date
6DPY TIL The first guy to win “Who Wants to be Millionnaire?” John Carpenter, used none of his lifelines until the final question, where he called his Dad and told him that he didn’t need any help on the final question and just wanted to let him know that he is about to win 1,000,000$
6Ed87 TIL that rollercoasters were invented to distract Americans from sin. In the 1880s, hosiery businessman LaMarcus Thompson didn’t like that Americans were going to places like saloons and brothels and created the first rollercoaster on Coney Island to persuade them to go there instead.
wL6vo TIL that there is a “micro-generation” between Gen-X and Millennials called “Xennials” AKA “The Oregon Trail Generation.”
8aDpX TIL of the silver mines of Potosi or the ‘Mountain that eats men’. At one point it produced 60% of the worlds silver. The silver funded Spain’s wars and caused an economic crisis in China in the 16th Century