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

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OoKWX TIL that as of 2015, only 9% of all plastic ever made had been recycled, 12% was incinerated and 79% was in landfills or the environment,
NDa6 TIL the White Castle burger chain was founded at a time when Americans were avoiding ground beef, after the scandal of dirty meat packing plants in “The Jungle”. The founders used white porcelain and steel extensively in their restaurant design to convey the impression of cleanliness.
16k1W TIL that Kuboyama Aikichi, a Japanese fisherman, was the first known victim of hydrogen bomb radiation exposure. He was aboard the "Lucky Dragon No. 5" (Daigo Fukuryu Maru), a fishing boat caught in radioactive fallout from the 1954 U.S. Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test near Bikini Atoll.
VQGk TIL that when Wayne Gretzky retired in 1999, he held 61 NHL records. He currently holds 60.
ra0M TIL During the ending theme to Cartoon Network’s The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, some strange, somewhat creepy gibberish is heard at the end. The gibberish played backwards is Maxwell Atoms, the creator of the show, saying “No, no. This is the end of the show. You’re watching it backwards!”