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TIL that Kim Il Sung, founder of North Korea, was raised in a Presbyterian Christian family, with his Grandfather being a minister, and his father being an elder in the Church.

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XEllr TIL crows can remember faces and hold grudges for at least fifteen years
6EkDJ TIL a sea lion named Rhonda once escaped from an urban zoo in Providence, RI and was never recovered. She made her way through a few park lakes, traveled over two miles on land, scaled small walls and got to a river that flowed into a bay and eventually the ocean.
e8x5 TIL dogs get jealous just like humans
rNWWW TIL That Najin is one of the two remaining northern white rhinos in the world, protected round-the-clock by armed guards against poachers. Both Najin & Fatu are female, and this makes the subspecies functionally extinct.
kJwxE TIL: "Star Jelly" - The mysterious translucent substance (aka astromyxin) discovered after meteor showers. It's believed to be a gel-like residue formed from meteor disintegration.