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TIL that the North Korean government runs an international restaurant chain to launder money

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9wQkr TIL about Batten Disease, an incurable form of childhood dementia
R70mj TIL in 1936 a man was killed by a kangaroo. The kangaroo "broke the jaw" and inflicted "extensive head injuries" on the man, who was attacked after attempting to rescue his two dogs. It is the only documented case of a fatal kangaroo attack.
BrXrk TIL that Pablo Picasso demanded his mistresses to be submissive and shorter than him. He thought women were "either goddesses or doormats". Dora Maar, one of his lovers, called him "an extraordinary artist but morally worthless".
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