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TIL that North Korea exports human hair to skirt the impacts of sanctions

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pYJeG TIL that printers sometimes call the exclamation mark (!) a 'dog's cock'
VB0em TIL Julia Chinn (c. 1790 – July 1833) was an American plantation manager and enslaved woman of “mixed-race” (an “octoroon” of seven-eighths European and one-eighth African ancestry), who was the common-law wife of the ninth vice president of the United States, Richard Mentor Johnson.
n0Jr TIL that Lady Jane Grey was executed simply for being related to Henry VIII and for being nominated Queen by her cousin. Even the executioner asked for her forgiveness before carrying out the beheading.
KyJ6 TIL vampire bats not only drink the blood of their prey, but urinate on the prey as they do so.
6Ely8 TIL that FM Radio first began to flourish in post WWII Germany. The allies had stripped all but two of their AM stations so FM was the only 'alternative'