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1ErP TIL of Kim Gwang Suk, a North Korean gymnast who competed at the Barcelona Olympics; her age was given as 17, but she was missing her front teeth and may have been as young as 10. Aside from an Olympic torch relay, her subsequent life and whereabouts are unknown.
MeVwb TIL that bees don't actually kill themselves Everytime they sting a mammal like ourselves, and can unscrew themselves without harm given enough time.
xVvjb TIL Lyndon B Johnson worked 18-20 hour days without breaks and had no leisure activities. He also smoked heavily, knew every senators' ambitions, hopes, and tastes were and used it to his advantage in securing votes. And was the "[most] powerful majority leader in American history" as a congressman.
LkBXZ TIL: Nerdcore is a genre of music characterized by themes and subject matter considered to be of general interest to nerds with the earliest known recorded use of the term "nerdcore hip hop" being in 2000 by MC Frontalot.
QxL6 TIL the Alien in “Alien” was inspired by a transparent deep sea parasite that eats other creatures from the inside out and then takes over their bodies to ride the seas in