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TIL About Kim Yong-ju. the younger brother of Kim Il-sung (north korea founder) is still alive and is 99 years old

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14Ad TIL President Roosevelt collapsed while being painted. He never regained consciousness before dying. The unfinished painting captures his last waking moment.
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