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TIL a Swedish company makes jeans in North Korea…which are illegal to wear in North Korea

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VMVmB TIL about Alice Ball, an African American woman who, in 1915, at the age of 23 revolutionized the treatment for leprosy, by creating an soluble & injectable treatment from chaulmoogra oil.
N7MbQ TIL there was a book published in Einstein’s lifetime entitled “100 Authors Against Einstein” of which Einstein retorted, “if I were wrong, then one would have been enough!”
QJXZk TIL that the Tattoo artist of Mike Tyson’s iconic face tattoo sued Warner Bros for copyright infringement & attempted to prevent the release of Hangover 2 all due to the films use of the tattoo.
VM79G TIL that New Zealand was undiscovered and completely devoid of human beings no more than 800 years ago.
PY0DZ TIL blimps use the same amount of fuel in 2 weeks that a 747 uses to taxi to the runway