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TIL that Kim Jong-il’s real name was Yuri Irsenovich Kim and that he was born in Russia.

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4XeA6 TIL that the creators/directors/writers for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks and Rec, Rick and Morty, Bob’s Burgers, Silicon Valley, Modern Family, The Good Place, and American Dad all got their big breaks on King of the Hill
XEoPr TIL It took mankind 57 years, 3 months and 26 days to advance from Wright's first manned flight to Gagarin's' first manned space flight. Today we are further in history from Gagarin's historic flight than he was from Wright's flight.
9wVZm TIL that tyromancy is the practice of foretelling the future with cheese
X0MoQ TIL that on 1896, two dudes named Harbo and Samuelson, became the first people ever to row across the North Atlantic Ocean. Their record held for over a HUNDRED years, until a FOUR person team beat it in 2010.
PDWZ TIL North Carolina’s copy of the Bill of Rights, stolen by a Union soldier in 1865, was recovered by an FBI sting operation in 2003