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TIL the government of North Korea owns and operates a chain of over 100 "Pyongyang" restaurants around the world

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E6Lx TIL: The Scold’s Bridle, a British invention, possibly originating in Scotland, used between the 16th and 19th Century. It was a device used to control, humiliate and punish gossiping, troublesome women by effectively gagging them.
M78rb TIL in 2005, a L.A. Dodgers pitcher offered the Miami Marlins batboy $500 if he could drink a gallon of milk in under an hour without throwing up. The batboy drank the milk in 59 minutes but threw up outside the clubhouse. The episode prompted the Marlins to suspend the batboy for 6 games.
Z8nYG TIL that after the end of WWII in the Pacific, the Allies used surrendered Japanese soldiers in combat roles against local resistance fighters in recaptured colonial possessions, such as Indonesia
JYXk1 TIL about The Massacre of Black Wall Street.
oRgwE TIL in 1793 the Qianlong Emperor issued the 29-Article Ordinance for the More Effective Governing of Tibet, where the selection of Tibetan reincarnations was determined by drawing lots or tally sticks from a golden urn. The 14th Dalai Lama was one of 5 Lamas since 1792 to receive an exemption