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TIL North Korea has its own airline, which also happens to be the only 1 star rated airline according to Skytrax

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a87D9 TIL that the film 'Transylvania 6-5000' (1985) starring Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley Jr. was shot in Yugoslavia and coproduced by the Dow Chemical Company. Dow had funds in Yugoslavian Dinars that could only be spent within the country, and they needed to unfreeze the assets.
BgNNx TIL that the asteroid linked to the extinction of dinosaurs would have generated a 2.9 mile high tsunami, if it had impacted the earth in the deep sea as opposed to the 328ft in height that it was.
e6Wb TIL In 1910 Dr. George Levick witnessed Penguins engaging in necrophilia during an Antarctic expedition; he was so ashamed about his discovery, the pamphlet in which he recorded his findings was hidden for over 100 years.
Wge8 TIL that Michael Keaton was so against Batman Forever, that even $15 M couldn’t sway him to reprise his role.
wLwwJ TIL that in 1912 Toronto held a flyswatting competition which was won by a 12 year old girl who killed 500,000 flies