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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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XEbVj TIL in 1970, dynamite was used in a failed attempt to disintegrate a whale carcass on the Oregon coast. After detonation, most of the carcass remained on the beach, and the remainder flew into cars and people near the beach.
NX8pe TIL the Cuyahoga River was so badly polluted by companies spilling oil on it that the river repeatedly burned, the last time was in 1969, sparking an environmentalist movement to clean up the river.
76bb TIL that certain “suicide bridges” have installed special telephones with a connection to a suicide hotline incase you feel the need to jump.
l797a TIL about the story of José Saramago: born in a family of landless peasants, registered with the wrong surname, had to work as a mechanical locksmith, became famous at 50 years old after writing a book and nowadays its one of Portugal's most admired celebrities.
pYBje TIL baseball's Texas Rangers would not swap an August game series at the Houston Astros for a September series at the Rangers. Most of Houston was flooded at the time. Instead, the series was played in Tampa, Florida. The Rangers' explanation was that swapping would inconvenience ticketholders.