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TIL North Korea has a higher obesity rate than South Korea

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ZodD TIL that a musical work was so disturbing that it almost caused a riot, with “yells for the music to stop, mixed with applause to hasten the end of the piece.” One performer recalled: “One woman … repeatedly banged her head on the front of the stage, wailing ‘Stop, stop, I confess.’”
ZdM4 TIL Engineers in Canada receive an Iron Ring to to remind them to have humility. It is in memory of a bridge that collapsed twice due to incorrect calculations involving iron.
kn1E TIL A golden temple in India feeds thousands of people who show up randomly regardless of race, religion and class.
1NVV TIL Dave Grohl does not know how to read sheet music and writes his music only by ear.
XEwQQ TIL about the Hoff Crab (Kiwa tyleri), nicknamed after David Hasselhoff for it's incredibly hairy chest. It feeds by eating bacteria that grow on these hair like projections. They live near hydrothermal vents in very sulfuric environments.