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TIL that there are elections in North Korea, on election day, everyone aged 17 and up is legally obliged to show up to vote. Once it is your turn to vote, you are given a ballot paper with just one name on it, nothing to fill in or cross out, you just take the paper and stick in a ballot box.

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MeKaa TIL the phrase "dung-wet" (meaning very wet) was considered "obsolete" by the Oxford English Dictionary in the 1st edition (1897) but the phrase was unexpectedly found on Twitter, having survived to present day by speakers of Carribean English.
BrEEy TIL Moonshine alcohol jugs are typically marked with 'XXX' in cartoons because it needs to be distilled 3 times to reach nearly 100% pure alcohol. Each 'X' signifies a distillation.
rXpw TIL many Neanderthal skeletons show signs of broken bones and other traumas in patterns very similar to that of rodeo riders, suggesting Neanderthal hunting involved quite a lot of close-quarters contact with large and savage animals.
p8GoQ TIL that the mayor of a South Carolina town barred the researchers who exposed the Flint, Michigan water problem from testing his own city's wells, even after they found high levels of lead in thousands of residential home tests.
mO0p TIL that the song “Black Betty”, popularized by Ram Jam in 1977, was originally an African-American work song.