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TIL that the North Korean Embassy in London is situated within a residential area in a semi-detached seven-bedroom house

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gMkQ9 TIL that when "The Flintstones" added the baby Pebbles in 1963, it was originally going to be a boy, until Ideal Toys pointed out that they would sell a lot more merchandise if they made the baby a girl, as baby boy dolls didn't sell well in that era
vPbeB TIL The actress that played Carol Anne in all 3 Poltergeist movies died at the age of 12 of a heart attack.
mM0Y TIL The soviet military trained dogs strapped with explosives to conduct kamikaze-style attacks on enemy tanks. the concept backfired horribly, with scared dogs often running back to their trainers…killing them
vPvd8 TIL the small Pacific island of Niue uses legal tender coins which depict characters from Disney, Pokémon, Peanuts, Star Wars, and more.
gND7 TIL scientists have found evidence in Australia to support the theory that 3.5 billion years ago, a mega asteroid about 15 miles across slammed into Earth, triggering massive tsunamis and leaving craters bigger than many U.S. states