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TIL that Chinese newspaper cited The Onion naming the North Korean leader as the Sexiest Man Alive without realizing it was a joke

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RxY9 TIL that Fasting is beneficial to the immune system by triggering stem cell regeneration
6DkX TIL in 2014, US law enforcement took $4.5 billion from citizens who were never charged with a crime; more than US burglars stole in the same year
kJnX7 TIL because of Flight 1549 "Miracle on the Hudson" As of 2017, 70,000 birds had been intentionally killed in New York City as a result of the ditching.
lo7XB TIL Pan, the second moon of Saturn, is irregularly shaped because it has absorbed some of Saturn's ring material
VBVj0 TIL that due to a 2020 rule change, a MLB pitcher can throw a perfect game yet be credited with a loss as long as they retire every opposing batter.