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TIL the parody Twitter account DPRK_News has been quoted by the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsweek, and Fox News as if speaking for the real North Korean state news agency.

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ek46 TIL Puerto Ricans were granted US citizenship against unanimous opposition: the local govt said it was a ploy to conscript Puerto Ricans for WWI. If Puerto Rico became a state today, it would have a higher population than 22 existing states.
xlDD TIL A 14 year old Chinese girl attempted suicide so that she could save the life of her dying father by donating her liver to him.
nWrPB TIL astronomers actually use lasers to project fake stars into the atmosphere, in order to measure & compensate for atmospheric distortions, allowing them a much clearer image of real stars.
6d0X TIL There was a rugby player famous for slipping his thumb into peoples bumholes
M7oJ8 Til that most olive oil is real and California olive oil manufacturers made up the study about the Mafia and fake olive oil in Italy.