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TIL Russia is so large, that not only does it take up 1/8th of the land on Earth, but the country alone is bigger than the planet Pluto.

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E1Zxx TIL in 2002, Kim Jong-il agreed to let Japanese abductees visit Japan. A few weeks later, the Japanese Government "restricted" the abductees from returning to North Korea.
dGyd TIL when 42-year-old Hugh Hefner asked 18-year-old Barbi Benton on a date she said “I don’t know, I’ve never dated anyone over 24 before.” To which Hefner replied, “That’s all right, neither have I.”
6EKVw TIL about Corn Smut, a plant disease that is considered a delicacy.
XQkX TIL Rich kids bragging on social media, such as Instagram, are unwittingly providing incriminating evidence for prosecutors about their parents’ fraud schemes. Cybersecurity firms say they have been using social media evidence to nail fraud and assets in up to 75 percent of their cases.
8wEX TIL an opposing witness in the Tipper Gore-instigated Senate hearing about so-called “porn rock”, Frank Zappa was asked how something as trivial as record-rating became the subject of a Senate inquiry. Zappa remarked, “A couple of blow-jobs here and there and Bingo! - you get a hearing.”