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TIL Chinese tourists taking boat tours in North Korea purchase small bags of bread and biscuits and throw them on shore for North Koreans to pick up and eat, like at a zoo

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nWwvY TIL it's possible for a living person to win a Darwin Award (typically given to people who die "from their own stupidity") if they pass the "deserted island" test: If they're unable to reproduce when stranded on a deserted island with a fertile member of the opposite sex, they're considered sterile.
JY14l TIL, in 1968 Vermont banned billboards to preserve the states natural beauty. It is one of 4 states to do so
oR8E7 TIL George Washington borrowed "The Law of Nations" from the New York Society Library & never returned it. In 2010, the head librarian joked that, though they weren't "pursuing the overdue fines," they'd appreciate having it back. A month later, the Mount Vernon estate returned it, 221 years overdue
lRE7 TIL that when a Holocaust denial group offered $50,000 dollars to “prove that Jews were gassed at Auschwitz,” a camp survivor, Mel Mermelstein sent them definitive proof. When they refused to pay, he sued them and was given $90,000 when the court noted, “It is simply a fact.”
M84a TIL that during a film sequence of Top Gun, an aircraft carrier captain changed the ships course and altered the lighting of a shot. Director tony Scott was told it would cost $25,000 to change its course. He quickly wrote a check, the course was reverted,and got 5 more minutes to get his shot.