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TIL The militarized border between North and South Korea, with practically no human inhabitants, has become a refuge for multiple endangered species

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nWKYb TIL that the guy who wrote the "First They Came For The ..." poem was a self-professed antisemite who voted for the Nazis in 1924, 1928, and 1933.
YpaOB TIL that the wife of George Lucas, Marcia Lucas, won an Oscar in 1977 for Best Film Editing in Star Wars. To date, George Lucas has won zero Oscars.
0yZA TIL that several long-duration Russian cosmonauts have reported that months after coming back to Earth, they occasionally let go objects in mid-air, still expecting them to float.
ZpRpR TIL: flesh eating parasite screw worm is reemerging in north America, this parasite was eradicated in the 1960s from the united sates saving ~900 million annually.
D9vD TIL that Nutella uses 25% of the worlds hazelnuts.