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TIL that jeans have been banned in North Korea for years because they are considered a symbol of U.S. imperialism.

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67pw TIL that a male moose will break off it’s antlers after mating season to conserve energy for winter, and regrow a new set each year; which can grow up to an inch a day, making it one of the fastest growing animal organs!
x6OD1 TIL that a painting lost in World War 2 was rediscovered in 2009 after an art historian named Gergely Barki noticed the picture being used in the background of the movie Stuart Little (1999).
KO014 TIL that the pilot of the only F-117 Stealth to be shot down in combat is now friends with the missile commander that brought him down. He has since traveled with his whole family for a stay in the home of his now retired former adversary.
loAl5 TIL William Burroughs shot and killed his wife in Mexico city. He spend 13 days in jail as his brother was bribing mexican officials in order to let him off the hook and delay the trial until he managed to flee back to the US. The incident is what sparked his career as a writer
grjgA TIL that after Goathe's novel "Sorrows of Young Werther" was published there was a marked increase in young men shooting themselves in the head while dressed as Werther was when he did the same thing.