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

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E15P7 TIL Woodstock Festival took place in the middle of the 68/69 Hong Kong Flu pandemic
QJklp TIL in Jewish mythology, everyone has an angel teaches them all the wisdom in the world in utero. The angel lightly taps an infant's upper lip before birth, to silence the infant from spilling the secrets. Some say that's how we have the philtrum (the indent between the nose and mouth).
X04Pk TIL that the world is running out of sand. Sand is the most-consumed natural resource besides water, and it's the main ingredient in concrete, glass, and silicon chips. Most harvested sand goes to make concrete, but desert sand isn't suitable for concrete because it's too smooth.
BlMW TIL: At 0.21% of the total population, the United States has the lowest percentage of its population living in its capital city in the world
VjZp TIL Quality of US teachers was so poor in 2001 that the average teacher only scored better than 42% of students. By 2008, it was only up to 50%. This was done by requiring qualifications such as actually having degrees in whatever they are teaching.