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TIL that in 1987, two North Korean agents planted a bomb on a South Korean passenger airliner, killing all 115 people on board.

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0YW1 TIL a couple people in Bath, UK opened a very short toll road connecting Bath and Bristol around a year ago. The toll road, which did not get a permit to be built, bypassed a short section of a main road that had a 14 mile long detour. They built the road in only 10 days.
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XED7D TIL that after cutting off his ear, Vincent van Gogh painted a portrait of the doctor who treated him, then gave it to the doctor. The doctor hated it and used it to repair a chicken coop before giving it away. It's now worth $50 million.
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