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The entire North Korean internet has only 28 websites. And is it a dull internet. There's a cooking website, a film site, a flight ticket site, a social sciences website, some educational sites, a North Korean Tourism board webpage and news agencies. There's also a social network called "Friend"

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QkJM TIL that Sacha Baron Cohen is lined up to play Freddie Mercury in a movie about his life. I am elated. (1:28 long video)
R7ND8 TIL nuclear tests carried out roughly every 3 weeks through the '50s at the proving grounds just 65 miles out of Vegas were celebrated & touted as a tourist attraction by city authorities. The mushroom clouds from detonations were visible from the city.
P1epZ TIL loneliness is as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes per day
XJJk TIL that in the 1960’s, methamphetamine was available as an OTC drug called “Obetrol” used to fight obesity. It was Andy Warhol’s favorite recreational drug.
V81B TIL The Moon is masculine in Hindu mythology, has 27 wives, 1 pair of in-laws, and an adulterous relationship and a child with Jupiter’s only wife.