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TIL that North Korea uses a fax machine to send threats to South Korea.

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VEZ TIL George Takei decided to sell a clip of himself saying “Oh Myyy” as a ringtone in order to fund a production of his musical Allegiance
e0xa6 TIL There was a research paper which claimed that people who jump out of an airplane with an empty backpack have the same chances of surviving as those who jump with a parachute. It only stated that the plane was grounded in the second part of the paper.
VBLw0 TIL - "Break a leg" doesn't mean to break an actual leg, but instead means to cross the "leg line" which is the line that actors used to wait behind, and if they crossed, or broke, it they would get paid for their acting.
QPYd TIL that in 2004 in the Parisian Catacombs, the police found a movie theater in a carved out cave, complete with a full-sized screen, restaurant and couscous-maker.
4XXyw TIL that the exam committee for the Korean CSAT exam, consisting of around 700 people, spends 32 days in a secluded dormitory where all outwards communication is restricted to publish the test papers.