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TIL in 2017 North Korea arrested and tortured an American tourist college student, Otto Warmbier, for stealing a poster. He died of his wounds 6 days after being released back to his family

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7a9X TIL girls in South Africa have a greater chance of being raped than learning how to read
EOnw TIL man’s walking pace slows by 7% for wives and girlfriends but not for other women, and increases if walking with another man.
Yxdx TIL: M.A.R.A.U.D.E.R was a US weapon able to produce doughnut shaped rings of plasma and balls of lightning that exploded with devastating effects when hitting its target. The project’s initial success led to it becoming classified and no more details of how it developed after 1993 are available
LQObp TIL Nicotine isn't only found in the Tobacco plant, it is also found in potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and even eggplants.
g1lD TIL that the word “orient” comes from the Latin word “oriens”, meaning East because in the Middle Ages many maps were drawn with East at the top. So to “orient” them you had to turn them so that East was facing up.