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TIL that North Korea is the only country in the world with a Shia Muslim mosque but no Sunni Muslim mosques

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obmR TIL Tampa Bay police were called to Tampa-area Walmarts nearly 17,000 times in a calendar year
xXwg TIL In the 1930s Mickey Mouse attempted suicide after Minnie left him for another mouse.
x6PD5 TIL Jasper the Bear, beloved mascot of Jasper National Park in Canada, was the star of a very popular comic strip that ran from 1948 - 1972.
wLd0E TIL that a truck in Norway carrying 27 tonnes of Brunost (a delicacy cheese) caught fire in a tunnel. Due to the high fat and sugar content, the fire raged for 5 days and caused significant damage to the tunnel, requiring several months to repair it
dDE0K TIL Freud smoked about 20 cigars a day and was not convinced that cigars were linked to his heart problems. He eventually got oral cancer, suffered attacks of “tobacco angina”, or heart palpitations, whenever he smoked, and died with removed jaw