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TIL that six American soldiers have defected to North Korea after the end of the Korean War.

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OEMa TIL of Crab Mentality; when a bunch of crabs are in a bucket, they could easily escape by themselves. However, the fellow crabs pull each other down so no one can escape.
R7j19 TIL while AB+ Blood type makes someone A universal blood receiver, their plasma lacks AB antibodies making them universal plasma donors.
DQKmJ TIL in 1996 when Wendy Day took Eminem's demo to different labels, she couldn’t get any of them to even consider signing him because he's white. So she created the Rap Olympics to showcase his talent & bring attention back to lyricism. At the event, Em made the contact that led to signing a deal.
yQEW8 TIL there was an official writer's guide for the original Star Trek series. The pages included story advice, character attributes ("Captain Kirk is a space-age Horatio Hornblower"), costuming ("no pockets or space suits"), Stardate calculation, and told writers to contact NASA for technical advice.
v6g7 TIL over 2 million women were raped by the Russian Army after the fall of Nazi Germany.