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TIL North Korea has a larger population than Australia

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p89LO TIL The backstory of Casper the Friendly Ghost is that he was a young adolescent who went sledding all day and died of pneumonia.
xV6O1 TIL according to North Korea unicorns exist and there is a grave near a temple in Pyongyang
rRRk1 TIL homosexuality might be caused by the mother's immune system---which may mistake male-specific proteins on the Y chromosome as pathogens and "attack" them, leading to developmental quirks
W7MrL TIL Oprah Winfrey's birth name is Orpah
OobyR TIL of Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln, a Hungarian Jew, throughout his life he had jobs such as a Christian Priest, an MP and conman, in WW1 he became a German spy, took part in a Nationalist Revolt in Germany and met Hitler, left to China and was a Buddhist Abbot and claimed he was the next Dali Lamar.