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TIL: Large amounts of stored pistachios are prone to spontaneous combustion

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bNRN TIL that at least about 100 North Korean defectors to South Korea, unable to cope with the new society, isolation, and lack of job prospects, have went back to North Korea.
yvow TIL - When a Guinea Pig Hops, it’s called “Popcorning”
l7jlB TIL: Town Criers also use other instruments than a bell such as a gong, hunting horn, lute, drums, etc and women were also town criers in medieval times. Today, there are still town crier World Championships for best dressed and loudest. The loudest crier hit 114.8 db.
Y7X9P TIL about the short stories of African American writer Diane Oliver who died in 1966 in a motorcycle accident at the age of 22
GAGa1 TIL the music from an anti-piracy ad was stolen and used for more ads. The composer successfully sued for piracy and won 165,000 euros.