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TIL: North Korea is home to an Orthodox Church despite being an anti-christian state

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wLgV1 TIL the albumen print used emulsion of (actual) egg whites and silver nitrate to bind the photographic chemicals to the paper.
Y7gpx TIL in the 1880s, the Harvard Observatory director was frustrated with his staff, and would say “My Scottish maid could do better!” So, he hired his Scottish maid. Williamina Fleming ran a team for decades, classified tens of thousands of stars, & discovered white dwarfs and the Horsehead Nebula
oRk5L TIL there are between 5 and 8 language isolates in the whole of Eurasia. In New Guinea and surrounding Papuan islands, there are up to 37 of them.
LkMGV TIL childless couples from developed countries pay $10,000 to $20,000 for african babies. Most babies are sold by parents or taken from child harvesting (baby farms).
4kPxo TIL a man survived a 324 foot fall through San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid despite landing on a concrete base. A guard heard him screaming ‘whoopee’ during the fall