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TIL the former leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il, had the campaign slogan, “Do not expect any change from me.”

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Oy4Y TIL the infamous Red Wedding, from G.R.R. Martin’s “A Storm of Swords”, was inspired by real-life events which took place at Edinburgh Castle in 15th century Scotland, known as “The Black Dinner”.
4Jp6 TIL Method of Loci is a method of memory enhancement which uses visualizations with the use of spatial memory, familiar information about one’s environment, to quickly and efficiently recall information. This is the method Sherlock Holmes used to solve the cases assigned to him.
78rYO TIL: Tapirs have prehensile penises that they use to grab hold of the females during mating to ensure insemination. The penis is also long enough to use to scratch its back.
VM8L8 TIL that screensavers were originally created to save CRT screens from burning an image into the display due to prolonged, unchanged use.
yVl0M TIL about the Sinus Milieus system, a segmentation model developed in Germany that sorts people into distinct lifestyle groups based on psychographic characteristics