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TIL that North Korea have tried to destroy the South Korean loudspeakers -that blast propaganda and K-pop over the border- with artillery. They resorted to shelling the speakers after a North Korean effort to retailliate in kind failed due to the decrepit state of their own soundsystem

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J1bAl TIL in 1951, Clint Eastwood was on a military plane when its oxygen, navigation, and communications systems failed. As the fuel ran out, they crashed into the ocean off Point Reyes. Eastwood and the pilot survived, rowing through the dark on a life raft to a lighthouse, and were rescued.
6EvRY TIL of the Sword of Goujian, a completely untarnished 2000-year-old sword that was found in an ancient Chinese tomb. It also has an unusual sharpness for its age. This is due to its unique copper composition and the air tight scabbard it was found in, keeping it sealed from the elements.
9YnVD TIL Khulan & her father were detained by Mongol Officer Naya'a to protect them from nearby soldiers. Khan thought Naya'a did this because he was attracted to her & interrogated him b4 she spoke in his defense & invited Khan for sex to inspect her virginity. She and Khan later married.
VB0MD TIL Mangos are in the poison ivy family and the skins have the same chemical (urushiol) on them.
1vn7 TIL a 120-meter-deep, 17th-Century salt mine in Romania has been converted to the world’s largest salt mining museum and amusement park, complete with a Ferris wheel, an amphitheater, light shows on the rock walls and boat rides on a subterranean lake.