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TIL During truce talks between North and South Korea, both parties would try to bring a bigger national flag than the other to each meeting. This went on until a special meeting was called to address the size of the flags, as they could no longer fit in the room.

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81rb TIL In 2011, a survey done showed that approximately 60% of Jamaicans would push to once again become a British territory; citing years of social and fiscal mismanagement in the country.
4XXvo Birds, whales, butterflies, and many other animals have an instinctive sense of which way points North. Even dogs tend to poop in line with the planet's magnetic poles. If they can sense magnetic fields, can we?
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eppEn TIL the recycle looking symbol on all plastics does not mean it is recyclable
xd4k TIL that North Korean fighter pilot No Kum Sok flew his MiG-15 fighter jet to South Korea in 1953 and defected. He received $100,000, as promised by Operation Moolah.