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TIL that every living former President of the South Korea has served, or is currently serving, a prison sentence.

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WkQb4 TIL that Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Polish poet, in 1943 tried to escape from a Nazi work camp in Tarnopol (now Ukraine), for which he was sentenced to death. While digging his own grave, he killed a guard with a shovel and successfully escaped disguised as a Wermacht soldier.
mxP8Y TIL blue jays aren’t actually blue
Z8Ywa TIL In 1986, 3 volunteers dove into radioactive water to prevent a second explosion at Chernobyl that could have spread fallout across half of Europe. The members of the "suicide squad" were Alexei Ananenko, Valeri Bezpalov, and, Boris Baranov. Ananenko and Bezpalov are still alive today.
oBkj7 TIL that there is a monument called the"Georgia Guidestones" that contain instructions on how to rebuild the world after an apocalypse in 8 different languages. It also serves as a sundial, calendar and a compass.
kO8Gm TIL Two-headed snakes struggle to thrive in the wild because the two heads “argue” with each other, thus making them vulnerable to predators