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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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xJrg TIL Shoulder injuries are more common in Crossfit than in Olympic weightlifting and 73.5% of CrossFit athletes had sustained an injury that had prevented them from working, training or competing.
96bB TIL of an Appalachian family that inbred to the point that newborns had blue skin.
5JYp TIL The BBC was accused of censorship after refusing to play “Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead” during the official charts show. The song reached number 2 after the death of Margaret Thatcher.
0eZA TIL in 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300M Yen robbery remains unsolved
nWKBW TIL after Leona Helmsley did not pay her contractors that worked on her Connecticut home, she was investigated for tax evasion, and she received a 16 year sentence. During trial her housekeeper testified that Helmsley said "only the little people pay taxes." She ended up serving 19 months in prison.