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TIL Former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il once claimed to have invented hamburgers

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nejEP TIL that there’s a construction themed park where you can operate real heavy machinery for fun
N7BDJ TIL humans were once an endangered species. 1.2 million years ago, at a time when our ancestors were spreading through Africa, Europe and Asia, there were probably only around 18,500 individuals capable of breeding.
9Yk57 TIL During Prohibition, moonshiners would wear "cow shoes." The fancy footwear left hoofprints instead of footprints, helping distillers and smugglers evade police.
neQkb TIL of the Grand Hotel in Scarborough, England, which had 365 rooms for each day of the year, 52 chimneys for the weeks, 12 floors for months of the year, and was shaped in a V to represent Queen Victoria
GAog1 TIL that Jackie Wilson always kissed the least attractive girl in the audience. He believed that by doing so, everyone would think they could have him and keep coming back to buy his records.