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TIL there are more skin cancer cases due to indoor tanning than lung cancer cases due to smoking

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4XWmo TIL that North Korea kidnapped a South Korean director and actor and forced them to make films for them. They eventually claimed asylum at the US embassy and moved to the US.
Z8eR TIL the lowest grossing film in history made $30, $10 of this was refunded. It is called Zyzzyx Road and it has finally (6 years later) been released as a DVD.
jNmmv TIL that in 1970 a grass roots organization known as the Committee to End Pay Toilets in America was launched by mathematician Ira Gessel due to his frustrations over public pay toilets'. He was largely successful in pressuring city councils, lik Chicagos to eliminate the condition to pay for relief
LEg0 TIL rats cant vomit, at all.
Wkl5B TIL one of the best selling books of all time in Germany is "Winnetou", about a fictional American Indian and his sidekick Old Shatterhand. Since being released in 1875, it has sold around 200M copies and has had multiple movies and TV shows made.