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TIL you'll be executed if you watch porn in North Korea.

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4wG5 TIL that Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in 1926. 1,000 officers and 15,000 volunteers searched for her until she was found in a hotel, registered under a different name.
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neX5G Til that Harvard student and seminarian Jonathan Daniels traveled to the south to aid the civil rights movement. He was walking with a black girl when a deputy pointed his shotgun at her. Daniels jumped in front of her, sacrificing his life so that she could live.
9yyQ TIL that on September 11 2001, Delta flight 15 had to land near Lewisporte, Newfoundland (pop. 4000). The town took care of 800 passengers for 3 days with homemade food, toiletries and fresh blankets daily. Since then, Flight 15 Fund has raised 1.5 million dollars and has presented 134 scholarships.
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