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TIL defectors think North Korean soldiers have almost no chance of winning a war with South Korea

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p8jdA TIL that snails can sleep for up to 3 years
4Py5 TIL that C-3PO and R2-D2 had their own 1985 single season 13 episode spin-off TV series.
N7Ox1 TIL the iconic sketch comedy show, In Living Color, is responsible for today's Super Bowl halftime extravaganza.
bDN0 TIL NASA had an accident while testing spacesuits for the Apollo moon missions, and caught it on camera. The test subject was accidentally depressurized while in a vacuum chamber, and lost consciousness and experienced his own spit boiling. The team took nearly a minute to save him from the chamber.
lorDA TIL After the release of the film "Jaws", fishermen started catching as many sharks as possible, believing they were doing a public service, causing a huge decline in shark populations in the North Atlantic. Peter Benchley, the author of the original book, has become a dedicated conservationist.