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TIL that North Korea made their own Netflix service…and it’s called Manbang

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Bl0D TIL Actor and explorer Brian Blessed met Pablo Picasso when he was a 12. Disbelieving it was Picasso, Blessed asked him to draw a picture. Picasso drew a peace dove, and Blessed threw it away. Somebody saved the drawing. It’s reportedly worth £50 million.
6EYaw TIL Johnny Cash performed dressed all in black, in contrast to most of the major country acts in his day – rhinestone suits and cowboy boots. Cash wrote the song "Man in Black" to explain that he wore black for the poor and hungry and those betrayed by age or drugs.
YM4P TIL in 1913 it was legal to mail children. With stamps attached to their clothing, children rode trains to their destinations, accompanied by letter carriers. A newspaper reported it cost 53 cents for parents to mail their daughter to her grandparents for a family visit.
9rNr TIL Mexico is the biggest exporter of beer in the world.
NjMM TIL that Hummer drivers were statistically the worst drivers on the road, averaging 5x more traffic violations than any other vehicle.