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TIL that many women who flee North Korea turn to matchmaking agencies, which help North Korean women meet South Korean men. These men are charged approximately $2,500 for several blind dates within a year.

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wLdp7 TIL Pink Himalayan Salt is one of the most expensive salts in the world. People claim it contains more minerals than ordinary table salt. Scientists found the amount of minerals it contains is so miniscule that it makes no measurable difference.
0w0OR TIL there is a robust black market for Tide laundry soap, with drug dealers accepting it as payment and shoplifting rings finding it more lucrative and less legally risky than other illegal schemes.
BVyk TIL that in the ‘60s at the height of the Cold War, the US continuously flew planes carrying nuclear bombs around the world as a precautionary measure in the event of an attack by the USSR. 5 of these planes crashed, and nuclear contamination resulted in at least 2 instances.
l7jDA TIL after the 1838 Mormon War, a clash between Mormons & a unit of the state militia, Missouri Governor signed an executive order calling for Mormons to be "exterminated" or "driven from the state". Although no evidence exists of any Mormons being killed from this order, 15,000 fled to Illinois
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