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TIL that in 2001 Kim Jong Il’s eldest son was caught using a fake Dominican passport to enter Japan. When asked for an explanation, he said he “just wanted to visit Disneyland.” He was subsequently disowned by his father.

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vbK TIL Pat Summit, former University of Tennessee Women’s Basketball Coach, had a student-athlete graduation rate of 100%. She coached for 38 years.
xVXj5 TIL A Montana State University Professor sued Wal Mart because they put his occupation as "Toliet Cleaner" on his fishing license
rRwP0 TIL that the human eye has a resolution of approximately 576 megapixels. For context a 4K screen has about 8.8 megapixels.
80rG TIL Mordechai Vanunu, a nuclear technician in Israel and anti WMD activist leaked a photograph to the British press of evidence Israel had nuclear weapons. He was later tracked by Mossad, drugged, bound, thrown in a bag and renditioned to Israel for trial.
ne449 TIL that in a 2011 survey, 60% of Jamaicans said they supported reversing the country’s independence and becoming a British territory again.