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TIL North Korea called the United States a “human rights graveyard” over Ferguson

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Y7vgB TIL that each year, 22,000 pounds of dust from the Sahara Desert is carried by air currents to the Amazon Rainforest where it is an important source of phosphorus for tropical plant
b9X60 TIL that Disney's 'A Bug's Life' was inspired by the Aesop fable 'The Ant and the Grasshopper' were the Grasshopper (who has spent all summer singing) begs the Ant for food (who has spent all summer storing it) when winter arrives, but he is refused
Rmk4 TIL that when throwing punches in a dream, your punches appear to be incredibly weak due to your brain’s inability to imitate the effect it has in real life.
N7Ao8 TIL The Stars on the Largest American Flag Ever Produced Were 17ft Tall A Piece
JKQl TIL in order to discover that penguins sleep more deeply in the afternoon, scientists crept up on sleeping king penguins at different times of the day and poked them with a stick until they woke up.