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TIL Voice of the Martyrs sends approximately 30,000 Bibles to North Korea by balloon every year

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GYOGg TIL William Stephenson, a Canadian, was the real-life inspiration for fictional character James Bond. Stephenson played a key role in the creation of the CIA
VPrk TIL Pedro A. Lopez, the prolific serial killer of more than 100 children, was released in 1998 on $50 bail. Nobody knows where he is today.
NXyVb TIL about the Leaning Tower of Niles, a half-scale replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, located in Niles, IL and completed in 1934.
N764N TIL Wendell Scott was the first African American to compete full time in a NASCAR series. He was also the first to win at NASCAR’s highest level.
woEO6 TIL Brazil, despite being a country with no colonial territories, actually had its own overseas territory shortly after becoming independent. A naval base located in what was the Portuguese Congo/Cabinda Province, with the aim of suppressing the Atlantic slave trade.