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TIL that North Korea has a VHS copy of Space Jam enshrined in a musuem

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amm0 TIL that rats sometimes get their tails intertwined. They then proceed to live out their lives and move together as one. This foul creature is called a Rat King and can consist of up to 30 rats.
dLZ8 TIL Helsinki, Finland has an annual celebration called Dinner Under the Sky, where all Helsinkians can set up a table outside and enjoy their dinner on the city’s sidewalks, parks, or even in the middle of the busiest shopping streets.
DNWJ TIL During WWI, Dominic “Fats” McCarthy was awarded the Victoria Cross after he, virtually unaided, killed 22 Germans, captured 5 machine guns, 50 prisoners, and half a kilometer of the German front. When it was over even the prisoners he’d captured patted him on the back for what he’d done.
kb5W TIL organ transplant networks have started using a pairing algorithm to find kidney donation pairs and chains for willing but incompatible matches to swap donors resulting in a 50% increase in compatible matches
wo0M8 TIL Princess Teegra was the princess of Firekeep, a large castle located on top of a system of active volcanoes. She starred in the 1983 animation Fire and Ice.