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TIL The incumbent president of North Korea is Kim Il-Sung. He assumed the office of the Eternal Presidency on July 8, 1994, and he has steadfastly held onto power, even though he’s been dead for 18 years. This makes North Korea the world’s only necrocracy.

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6965Z TIL the first recreational ski club in the world was formed in the gold mining town of Kiandra in the Australian Alps in 1861.
Z86nv TIL About an "Engineers ring" - a ring of stainless steel or iron worn on the pinky to represent being a certified engineer.
QpZa TIL In the US you can be arrested for drunk driving even if you’re sleeping it off in the backseat of your parked car.
d86DK TIL of Íslendingabók (the Book of Icelanders), an online geneaological database formed for anti-incest purposes and because of the fact that all native Icelanders are somehow related.
M8YV TIL in major league baseball there has only been 30 left handed catchers who caught for a single inning in baseball, of those 30 only 23 completed 1 entire game, of those 23 only 5 played 100 games or more, and of those 5 only 1 played an entire career (800 games minimum) as a lefty.