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TIL about the Ryugyong Hotel, which North Korea has been trying to open since 1987

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1aAxP TIL In 2003, the U.S developed playing cards to help identify the most-wanted members of Saddam Hussein's government. 46 out of 52 have been captured.
7Qep TIL in 1965, the city of Amsterdam started the White Bicycle Plan that provided free public bicycles for anyone to go from place to place. Within a month, most of the bikes were stolen or found in canals.
Br5kr TIL that the first corn whiskey (the predecessor of bourbon) was produced in 1620
JYxrQ TIL that until 1956 after the end of British rule, Egypt hadn’t been both fully independent and ruled by native Egyptians for 2500 years
GAkRQ TIL: “His Master’s Voice” was originally a painting by an artist of his later brother’s dog Nipper (so named because he’d nip people’s ankles). He also would listen intently to a recording of his dead master’s voice.