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TIL North Korea has a higher obesity rate than South Korea
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TIL when Joseph Vaillancourt's 2,609,698 km 1963 Plymouth Fury taxi, at the time the highest-mileage car in North America, was hit by a truck, actor Michael Barette personally spent about $20k on restoring the car.
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TIL when slave/abolitionist Frederick Douglass was 16, he fought back against his brutal master. Edward Covey, a man who had a reputation as a "slave-breaker," whipped Douglas regularly and almost broke him until one day, Douglass fought and came out victorious. Covey never tried to beat him again.
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TIL that the smallest form of the US Dollar is the mill. It is worth 1/1000 of a dollar and used mostly in accounting and oil prices.
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TIL Baskin Robbins used to have a milkshake that contained 2600 calories, 1700mg of sodium, 135g of fat, and 263g of sugar. Unsurprisingly, Men’s Health Magazine dubbed it the worst food in the U.S.
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TIL “Semi-Charmed Life” by Third Blind is 100% about Meth addiction and sex