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TIL of Kim Hyon-hui, a North Korean spy who was captured by South Korea. She agreed to cooperate after being taken on a tour of Seoul and discovering that the South was vastly more prosperous than the North

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wMjM TIL that modern Peanut Butter was invented as a source of protein for people with no teeth
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