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

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xVR1o TIL that if you enter a body of water to escape a swarm of angry wasps they will wait for you to re-emerge so they can continue stinging you
loZ0A TIL Owls have long legs
VM8jG TIL the nations of Slovakia and Slovenia, which regularly find themselves mistaken for each other, caused further confusion in 2018 when their respective prime ministers resigned on the same day for unrelated reasons.
PYMbL TIL one of the last types of steam locomotive was maintained while the boiler was still in steam, by men in asbestos clothes entering the 220°F firebox and repairing the engine, while it was still under pressure. This was done to reduce downtime and allow a 6-day-a-week schedule.
by7a TIL Namco has a US patent on having mini-games inside of their game’s loading screens; this is why most games have such boring loading screens