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TIL When Switzerland refused to sell North Korea ski lifts, North Korea responded with calling it an instance of “serious human rights abuse”

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QJmk TIL Adam Richman from Man Vs. Food is a vegetarian when he’s not filming.
VRNm TIL in July 1984 President Ronald Reagan called ice cream “a nutritious and wholesome food” and established National Ice Cream Month.
GYovE TIL that in Singapore, people who opt-out of donating their organs are put on a lower priority to receive an organ transplant than those who did not opt-out.
LQrNr TIL an 1858 heatwave caused the River Thames to reek unbearably due to raw sewage dumping. The stench was so intense that Parliament ended sessions early, and curtains were soaked in chloride to mask the smell. This was the tipping point that finally pushed London to build a modern sewer system.
rpM0 TIL Plato, the famous ancient Greek philosopher, believed people have knowledge “from past incarnations” and that learning is a matter of “rediscovering” it.