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TIL in 2011, North Korea donated $500,000 to Japan after an earthquake struck the nation.

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pBoQ TIL the holes in Pen lids were introduced to prevent suffocation, regardless of how far down the airway they lodge.
x6kxb TIL About Taro and Jiro, a pair of Sakhalin Huskies who survived 11 months in Antarctica after being chained to the other 13 members of their sled team and abandoned.
9Y8vp TIL the infamous homecoming parade at the end of Animal House occurs on November 21st, 1963 (the day before Kennedy was assassinated) because it symbolized the last day of a more innocent time in America
aw9DN TIL a man in Fresno bought a $2 photo at a junk store only to find out it was of Billy the Kid and his Gang, the Regulators, playing croquet.
e9j6 TIL Kidney beans are toxic and possibly deadly if not pre-soaked and boiled for at least 10 minutes. Poisoning can be induced from as few as five raw beans.