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

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0dW4p TIL Italian artist Salvatore Garau created and put up for auction in 2021 an invisible sculpture called "Io sono", which means "I am". The sculpture was purchased by a private collector for 15,000 euros.
mx4Xx TIL there's no universal sign language, and a deaf signer who acquires a second sign language as an adult will sign with a foreign accent.
D1B8r TIL Ohio was formally and retroactively admitted to the Union in 1953, after it was noted Congress had skipped a step in the process 150 years prior.
ADyYa TIL that Franz Kafka starved to death because the tuberculosis in his throat would not allow him to eat.
85mG TIL Killer Whales are the apex predator of the sea. They can kill any other sea creature, including the Great White Shark, with a technique of flipping the shark upside down until it suffocates. Killer whales have minds of their own, high intelligence, and have no competition in the sea.