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TIL North Korea is more accessible to foreign journalists than Tibet is

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8e6Pa TIL Burt Reynolds turned down the movie terms of endearment for Stroker Ace which was a critically failure. Jack Nicholson won an Oscar for the role Reynolds turned down
N7QON TIL In 1965, a Ukrainian farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth. Further excavations revealed the presence of 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These dwellings, dating back some 15,000 years, were determined to have been some of the oldest shelters ever built
VBWZQ TIL Kurt Lee, the first Chinese-American US Marine Corps officer, yelled out orders in Mandarin Chinese to confuse opposing Chinese troops during the Battle of Inchon in the Korean War.
xV4Ng TIL that Bill Nye's first TV appearance was a stand up comedy routine filled with dirty jokes.
9axr TIL on April 1 1974 Oliver Bickar took 70 tires to the top of Mt. Edgecumbe and lit them on fire. The locals thought the 400-year dormant volcano was erupting and a helicopter was sent up to check it out. When the helicopter arrived, the pilot found the words “APRIL FOOL” spray painted on the snow.