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TIL if North Korean Olympic gymnasts don’t win medals, they are sent into labor camps

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jAoj TIL South Korea was ruled by a real benevolent dictator for 15 years, credited for establishing foundations of modern economy in S.Korea.
VBrjB TIL: Hippos, Deer and other herbivores sometimes eat meat and even kill live game
4XgnN TIL that if the Earth would begin falling towards the Sun, the whole journey would take about 65 days. It would take 41 days to cross the orbit of Venus, and on day 57, we'd cross the orbit of Mercury.
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