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

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gMlP8 TIL of the Shirime, a japanese spirit that strips naked and flashes its butthole that contains a shiny eye to innocent bystanders
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4kNWg TIL staring at screens makes your eyeballs elongate
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