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TIL North Korea has its own calendar system. The year is calculated based on the year of birth of its founder (Kim Il-Sung).

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R5va9 TIL the Parthenon in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee, is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens, Greece. It was designed by architect William Crawford Smith and built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.
e7xn TIL when a German hacker stole the source code for Half Life 2, Gabe Newell tricked him in to thinking Valve wanted to hire him as an “in-house security auditor”. He was given plane tickets to the USA and was to be arrested on arrival by the FBI
NoOP TIL the Federal Reserve Bank isn’t a part of the USA government, but is a private, for-profit corporation. With a monopoly on our money.
W7QZ8 TIL of storm chasers, people that actively search out storms and extreme weather to conduct meteorological research on the field, to report tornados, storms, hurricanes and other high-impact weather conditions to weather bureaus.
Z8j5G TIL Plastic wrap will help slow bananas down from ripening