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[TIL] Pregnancy Tests are one of the most shoplifted items in the U.S.

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Gky5 TIL North Korea has an estimated $6 TRILLION worth in mineral and rare Earth metal reserves, but cannot be mined because NK lacks the technology to do so.
GAvnE TIL during a screening of "A Fish Called Wanda," Danish audiologist Ole Bentzen died from heart fibrillation, caused by an increased heart rate due to extended laughter. Newspapers reported he died laughing. Writer John Cleese considered using it for publicity but ultimately deemed it inappropriate.
M7xYB TIL Matthew Weiner got his job on the The Sopranos because David Chase liked a spec script Weiner wrote, that script would go on to be the pilot for Mad Men.
Q8Wp TIL that the U.S has less than 5% of the worlds population yet nearly 25% of the worlds prison and jail population
Zj8o TIL that there are six Islamic countries where a judge can sentence you to be stoned to death.