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TIL North Korea ordered and took delivery of 1,000 Volvos ftom Sweden. They never paid for them.

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KvB6 TIL that Kim Il Sung, founder of North Korea, had a baseball-sized growth on his neck. It was benign but could not be removed due to its location. Official photos of the “Eternal President” were therefore taken from a leftward angle to hide the growth. (Candid photos are in comments.)
R7m4Q TIL that to design a spacesuit that would let astronauts walk on the moon, NASA's engineers studied Henry VIII's (1491-1547) armor as a mix of protection and mobility. In thanks, NASA sent a replica Apollo suit to London to be photographed next to Henry's armor.
a8WDZ TIL that there has been huge interest in the Wim Wenders film Perfect Days after it was nominated for an Academy Award, so they now offer tours of the public toilets in the Shibuya district of Tokyo
yQv78 TIL the phrase "Let the cat out of the bag" originated in the late middle ages. Con artists would put a cat in a bag but say it was a piglet, it was normal for buyers to agree on a price without looking inside first. This later gave rise to laws giving rights to inspect a product before purchase.
yM6p TIL There’s a shade of blue that doesn’t reproduce on a black and white copy machine or grayscale scan. It’s used extensively in the graphic design industry.