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TIL of Shin Dong-hyuk, a man who escaped the North Korean Concentration Camp he was born and raised in.

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KOWNJ TIL although Liechtenstein has a population of 38,000, it is the world's largest exporter of false teeth
bG8Z TIL a man in Russia domesticated foxes that now sell for $9000. “Curiously, the friendly gene came attached to some other physical genes that made the foxes look like other domestic animals: curly tails, white faces, droopy ears. It took only about 35 years to completely domesticate the species.”
69Qdw TIL about Scheele’s Green (aka Schloss Green), an arsenic-laced artificial color very popular in the 19th century, showing up in artificial flowers, candles, toys, fashionable ladies’ clothing, soap, beauty products, confections, and wallpaper and leading to scores of deaths.
ADXLo TIL In 1983, UK, a man confessed to murder of his wife 2 decades ago after a human skull was found behind his house, only for carbon dating to discover that the skull was actually 1700 years old, while his wife's body were never found. He tried to revoke his confession and failed.
VMJom TIL at Area 51 Loads of paints and solvents used to make the Stealth bomber and other classified aircraft were set on fire in trenches causing clouds of poisonous smoke for laborers. The smoke resulted in respiratory illness, cancers and rashes. The official response was nothing happened at Area 51