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TIL One of North Korea’s largest exports is giant statues of foreign dictators.

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4k6xg TIL that the song "Welcome Christmas" from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" is a partially translated hymn from an isolated village in northern Norway called Hu, which Whoville is based on.
6EBKY TIL about the origin of the term “decimation”. It was a punishment in the Roman Army where soldiers were spilt into groups of 10, straws were drawn and whoever drew the short straw was clubbed, stabbed or stoned to death by the remaining 9. The first recorded instance of this is from 478 BC.
Lk7kv TIL lucid dreaming is an important practice in Tibetan Buddhism, developed between the 8th to 10th century. Believing all phenomenons are like dreams, the experiences we receive while sleeping can be as real as when we're awake, and lucid dreaming can unite dreams and reality into one existence.
kk65 TIL 20 people have been killed by Gazas rockets launched at Israel… since 2007.
8eRZ4 TIL people will implant magnets into their fingertips. Nerves grow around the magnet as the skin heals. The magnet pushes against magnetic fields produced by electronic devices in the surrounding area, giving a “sixth sense” of magnetic vision.