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ywaX TIL In November 2016, North Korea made a state request to officials in China pleading for them to stop referring to ‘glorious leader’ Kim Jong-un as fat. Some of his nicknames in China were: Kim Fatty III, Kim Fat Fatty, and Kim Abundant III.
EgyGx TIL That in Norse mythology, Odin's eight legged horse "Sleipnir" was actually given birth by Loki , when he was trying to distract a certain fortress Builder's horse so that he couldn't finish his job on time and the gods didn't have to give the sun, the moon and the goddess Freyja to him.
PYnvO TIL that the zipper on many jeans will lock in place if you fold the tab down and press it against the teeth.
awQWL TIL about the remote island chain in the pacific called the Pitcairn Islands and how they have one settlement of about 50 people who are almost all decended from the mutineers of the HMS Bounty and the indiginous Tahitians the mutineers had with them.
lWGG TIL “Pandora’s Box” was actually “Pandora’s Jar”. A translation error made 500 years ago has persisted to this day.