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TIL the first man to swim the length of Great Britain grew a beard to stop jellyfish stinging his face

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78JX TIL North Korea dug tunnels into South Korea to create a way to invade with out having to go through the DMZ.
VMElm TIL in 1922, scientists went to a hospital ward with comatose children, dying from diabetic keto-acidosis. They went from bed to bed injecting the kids with a new extract, insulin. As they injected the last comatose child, the first one injected began to awaken.
4k6B6 TIL In the Philippines, businesses are required to give rank-and-file employees a sort of mandatory Christmas bonus called "13th month pay", due on or before December 24th, which is equal to one month's basic pay, pro-rated for the time they've worked for the business.
PnPL TIL that Smarties candies (“Rockets” in Canada) were originally made with re-purposed gun powder tablet machines from WWII.
b6BRj TIL about badge engineering, which is the practice of marketing a vehicle under 2 or more brand names. A good example being the 2010 Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner, & Mazda Tribute, shown here