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TIL North Korea has made a thriving state sponsored industry out of insurance scams for decades

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l6L7 TIL that female lumberjacks are called lumberjills.
9YxLm [TIL] Thebes had a special forces military unit comprised entirely of Homosexual Couples. The belief was that couples on the battlefield would fight their hardest to protect their lovers and not flee for fear of looking weak in front of their significant others.
WkQNo TIL the word "synonym" has two synonyms - "poecilonym" and "polyonym"
78P6x TIL that eight years after JFK’s assassination, Jackie Kennedy avoided the public unveiling of their White House portraits, but the Nixons graciously agreed to a secret, private tour for her and her kids. It was her only return visit.
4kb7b TIL In addition to the fictional 555 telephone prefix, there also exists a recurring fake license plate number for use in TV/movies: 2GAT123