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TIL North Korea holds elections every 5 years in which the ballots list only one candidate.

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DQvQg TIL A judge ordered nude photos taken of Ann Wilson of Heart by Annie Leibovitz to be placed in a security box needing 2 keys, one held by Annie and the other by Ann.
yZ5J TIL that when Ceausescu made abortion and contraception illegal in Romania in 1967, he created a baby boom whose members eventually became those most likely responsible for his fall from power and execution in 1989.
EL7d TIL that when Ken McElroy was murdered with at least two different guns, the residents of Skidmore, Missouri refused to identify the shooters. For decades he was known as the ‘town bully’ due to multiple crimes throughout town, and at the time was on trial for shooting an elderly grocer in the neck.
BgJpK TIL about the Darwin Rock Sitters Club: A Group of Australians Who Sat on Rocks, Drank Beer, and Conducted Scientific Study. They hold the world record for rock sitting
P1LaJ TIL Human penis shaped like a mushroom is to scoop out or displace the prior male’s semen