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TIL that Tommy Wiseau of "The Room" recently directed another movie called "Big Shark"

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XEw6R TIL that the Vatican has a GDP per capita of four million USD
QJ6K9 TIL, in 1950s, North Korea established a village called Kijong-Dong, also known as the Peace Village, which was designed only for propaganda. It is situated in the North's half of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, and to this day it has no residents. Western media refer to it as 'Propaganda Village'.
MeYx0 TIL that Roman Catholicism is the state religion of Costa Rica.
Zpa8Q TIL that the former head of the United Mine Workers of America had his former opponent and family killed on 12/31/69.