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TIL that North Korea has an official news site with an English translation

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mYGv TIL that in 1972 a radio was designed that ‘sneezed’ every 6 months in order to protect the microprocessors from dust.
b9Xn4 TIL Ex-President Ronald Reagan occupied the 34th-floor Fox Plaza office building (where parts of "Die Hard" were shot) til 2001, breaking tradition by using a private office over a federal one. When Reagan aides toured the 34th-floor in 1989, it was littered with shells/broken glass from "Die Hard".
7rrrr TIL In 2013, Apple banned a game called “Send Me To Heaven” which involved throwing your iPhone as high as you can. The creator wanted to deliberately destroy as many iPhones as possible.
dDRad Til: Dennis Rodman Tried to Wear a Number 69 Jersey, but David Stern and the NBA Refused to Allow It
VB64m TIL George Lucas is married to Mellody Hobson. Of her many accolades she was chairman of Starbucks from 2021-2024, chairman of DreamWorks animation from 2004-2016, and one of the current owners of the Denver Broncos. She is African American, 25 years his junior, and they have been married since 2013