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TIL that in North Korea, the number of Internet users is only 605 (0.00%).

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kJ4nm TIL in 1912 4 yr-old Bobby Dunbar disappeared, was found eight months later in Mississippi with a couple that refuted that it was him. Courts ordered the boy to live with the Dunbars. 100 years later DNA verified that the boy was Bruce Anderson and had been wrongly identified by Dunbar's parents
ADbNo TIL a man lived on top of the Astrodome for 10 days during the 1980 NLDS.
oByX7 TIL Robert Wells 3 was murdered in a drive-by shooting. His parents posted his obituary in the local newspaper, detailing the honest details of his life and death, and not having a funeral. Instead, they asked supporters to donate to at-risk youth programs.
VBnjZ TIL about Kessler syndrome, the scenario where there are so many objects in low Earth orbit that they collide with each other and create even more debris. In response, the FCC requires all satellites to enter a "graveyard orbit" at the end of their operational lives.
16oQ8 TIL that the Welsh Labour Party holds the longest winning streak of any political party in the democratic world. It has consistently been in the biggest party in Wales at every election since November 1922.