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TIL in 1998, an entire North Korean submarine and her crew was lost to a single South Korean fishing net

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m1wRp TIL that wearing a neck tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5% on average
DD7Y TIL men are 6 times more likely to leave their wife if she gets seriously ill than the other way around (20.8% vs. 2.9%)
gYY4 TIL that it’s cheaper to fly to the USA to buy Adobe CS6 than to buy it in Australia.
v17jB TIL about the Australian bird the Bassian Thrush that farts to disturb worms while hunting.
nWnxY TIL that in 1963, the song “Ue o Muite Aruko” became the first Japanese-language song to top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song was written to express frustration at American military bases being allowed to remain in Japan.