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TIL North Korea is manufacturing and distributing meth amphetamine; in the country itself it is used as a substitute for medicine

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woLRW TIL about wacky cake, a spongy, cocoa-based cake. It is unique in that unlike most pastries and desserts, no eggs, butter or milk are used to make it. Wacky cake may have been created as the result of rationing during World War II.
e06Xn TIL Martial Artist and star of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Chow Yun-Fat only spends around $102 a month on himself and plans to donate a massive fortune of $714 million dollars to charity
nxg7 TIL that Father’s Day (tomorrow) is the busiest day for collect calls in the US.
VXp4 TIL Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux during World War II, defied a direct order from his own government and issued transit visas to as many as 30,000 refugees seeking to escape the Nazis
JY9nl TIL that "mouth breather" is not a random insult. Breathing through your mouth can actually harm your body and brain, causing ADHD, fatique or the deformation of of your face and general posture