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TIL the only Western academic degree displayed by North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung in his official residence, the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, was a doctorate degree from Kensington University, a “distance learning” diploma mill shut down in 2003 by a court order

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5Y1BD TIL that until 2017, it was possible to take flight AY666 to HEL (Helsinki), and this flight occurred on Friday 13th on numerous occasions.
WpAN TIL that rather than wasting water on doing laundry, Astronauts on the International Space Station eject their dirty worn clothes into space to burn in the Earth’s atmosphere.
epeRJ TIL of The Sawback Blade Bayonet. A German knife used in WW1 that would pull out the insides of it's victims and cause inevitable and painful death. They were recalled by the German military because British and French soldiers would torture and kill any soldiers caught with one, on principle.
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