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TIL that the American candies Swedish Fish and Lemonheads are banned in the UK

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Qygk TIL that in 1952 North Korea once held an “Inter Camp Olympics” for P.O.Ws as a publicity stunt, with some 500 prisoners taking part in events like American Football and Basketball.
d86oQ TIL A "cobble" is an actual size of rock, defined on the Udden–Wentworth scale as between 64–256 millimeters (2.5–10.1 in), larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder.
W4AY TIL 2 men who possessed the same heart (at different times of course) married the same woman,and both committed suicide in the same way.
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