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TIL A South African man woke up in a morgue freezer almost one day after being declared dead

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QJX4L TIL: Due to South Korea's low fertility rate its population is predicted to start declining next year.
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gMJpL TIL NORAD's annual Santa Tracker program originated from a child misdialing a Santa Claus hotline in 1955, instead calling a U.S. Air Force Colonel at the Continental Air Defense Command.
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a8rkL TIL there is a territory in a country that is within the borders of another country within the borders of its own country i.e the territory of Nahwa in UAE.