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TIL of Larry Abshier, a US soldier in the Korean War who defected to North Korea because he was caught smoking pot. He lived with four other American defectors and was cast in several North Korean films where he became a celebrity.

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OZ14 TIL that Kim Jong-Il’s eldest son, Kim Jong-nam, was wideley consider to be the heir apparent to the title of Supreme Leader of North Korea until he attempted to enter Japan with a fake passport so that he could go to Disneyland
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5xpB TIL Until the 1970s, The Supreme Court justices had to watch all the pornographic movies that were declared obscene and rule if they should be banned. As Justice John Harlan was going blind, Justices Potter Stewart and Thurgood Marshall had to describe the action on screen for him.