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TIL gangs in China have used armored stealth boats in order to smuggle cars into the country

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6DAw TIL: A burning candle gives off the same signals as a female moth wanting sex. The male moth is highly attracted to it and dies attempting to mate with a candle flame
rR51x TIL In December 1969, a Korean Air Lines plane was hijacked by a North Korean agent soon after taking off from Gangneung.The pilot was forced to fly to and land in North Korea. The crew, aircraft, and seven of the passengers have yet to be returned.
kOr07 TIL the real "Soup Nazi", Ali Yeganeh, did not like the Seinfeld character based off him. When Jerry Seinfeld visited his restaurant a few weeks after the episode aired, Seinfeld sarcastically apologized to Yeganeh. Yeganeh bellowed "no soup for you!" and ejected Seinfeld from his restaurant.
X0KvR TIL that Lee Harvey Oswald (the assassin of John F. Kennedy) was a distant relative of both Teddy Roosevelt and Robert E. Lee
neLxY TIL The evolution of the beard could have happened to better absorb punches - Beard hair can absorb 37% of the bumps. Research by biologists from the university of utah.