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

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MEYb TIL that there is a word in Mandarin pronounced “kǎnyé” that literally translates to “big talker”
nWwLW TIL about "Terminal Lucidity." The unexpected return of mental clarity and memory shortly before the death of patients suffering from severe psychiatric and neurologic disorders
kOoeE TIL that during the battle of Okinawa, a US destroyer was hit by four bombs, six kamikaze attacks, multiple strafing, and still remained afloat. When the captain was asked to abandon ship, he angrily replied "I'll never abandon ship as long as a single gun will fire."
9wMJm TIL a severely injured pigeon saved 194 men during WW1
4knaw TIL North America almost broke apart but didn't and ended up with the largest non-sea rift in the world