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TIL that on April 1 2013, North Korea founded it’s space agency, NATA (National Aerospace Technology Administration)

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dDrjr TIL that Leon Spinks is the only person to have ever taken a world title away from Muhammad Ali, as all of Ali’s other losses were either fights where Ali was a challenger for the title, or were non-title fights.
69Q57 TIL a BBC study found that socks improve ability to orgasm by 30 percent
QojX TIL Dustin Hoffman’s infamous “I’m walkin’ here” line in Midnight Cowboy was unscripted, he reacted in character to almost being hit by a cab.
MeOrm TIL British WWI Prisoner of war was released by the Germans so that he could visit his dying mother, and then returned as he had made promise to the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
7rQaP TIL on 31 May, 2008, thousands of Londoners threw a massive party at London Underground stations for a last drink before a ban on alcohol on the Tube came into effect the following day. The party had to be stopped however after several employees were attacked and as a result, 6 stations were closed.