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TIL that Yakov Novichenko was a Soviet officer who saved Kim Il Sung from an assassination attempt in 1946 and thus became the only non-Korean to develop a cult of personality in North Korea.

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wEmW TIL that Carrie Fisher was addicted to Cocaine during the filming of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and also survived an overdose
v1go8 TIL The discovery of Chris Cornells suicide was horrific. Only 40 minutes after his wife was concerned that he sounded strange on the phone, she called his security guard to check on him. She was listening on the phone as his security guard kicked down his door & found Chris hung in his bathroom.
neNEG TIL "pre-Viking" Europeans may have started settlements in Canada before 1000AD
0wjyy TIL, due to an increase in Internet addiction in South Korea, the government passed a law in 2011 called the Cinderella or Shutdown law. This policy bans children under the age of 16 from playing online games between 12am to 6am.
awYAo TIL of Sun Mingming, the tallest basketball player in the world at 7 feet, 9 inches. He along with his wife Xu Yan, is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living couple, with a combined height of 13 feet, 10.72 inches.