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TIL there are North Korean labor camps in Siberia, under an agreement between NK and a company run by British businessmen. The camps are tiny ‘home away from home’ villages complete with propaganda.

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v1LeL TIL in 1976 The Indian Government castrated over 6.2 million poor men in the name of population control.
e0omb TIL about the 13,500 year old Grotte du Bichon man of Switzerland, whose remains were found intermingled with a wounded brown bear and charcoal. This indicates that he tried to force the bear out of the cave by fire to slaughter it, but in turn was killed by the dying animal.
1aQYO TIL when US-born giant panda twins arrived in China, they struggled with local food and language. Mei Lun & Mei Huan were confused by "have you eaten up" in Chinese but responded to English "come here". They preferred "Western fast food" biscuits instead of local "wowotou" (steamed corn bread).
BredL TIL about Inedia, aka Breatharianism, which is the belief that human beings can survive without food or water and sustain themselves with sunlight and "prana".
YwmP TIL The allies used a ghost inflatable army to trick Hitlers forces.