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TIL I learned that after the first few feet it's dangerous to fly vertically in a helicopter

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QnKE TIL North Korea is only the second least free country in the world - it’s beaten by Eritrea, where forced, indefinite and practically unpaid “national service” has been compared to modern slavery.
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gMNWL TIL that when Spanish King Ferdinand II (funder of Columbus) went to war with the French over Naples, despite previously signing an agreement to partition the region, he said: "The King of France complains that I have twice deceived him. He lies, the fool; I have deceived him ten times and more."