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TIL North Korea dug tunnels into South Korea to create a way to invade with out having to go through the DMZ.

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eLon TIL that Penguins are too light to set off landmines, which has resulted in penguins flourishing in the Falkland Islands due to the landmines left behind by the Argentinian military and whalers being unable to get at them.
XEd0Q TIL there’s so much bourbon coming out of Kentucky that the number of barrels is larger than the number of people in the state!
p8DRp TIL that Brazil has more law schools than the rest of the entire world
E1E7P TIL: During Prohibition in the US, it was illegal to buy or sell alcohol, but it was not illegal to drink it. Some wealthy people bought out entire liquor stores before it passed to ensure they still had alcohol to drink.
0d0K1 TIL the Expatriation Act of 1907 forced U.S. women to lose their citizenship if they married foreign nationals, automatically adopting their husband's nationality. This discriminatory policy was overturned by the Cable Act of 1922, which restored women’s right to retain their citizenship.