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TIL discussing sex became accepted in North Korea after Kim Jong-il’s visit to Mt. Chilbo in 1996. A guide showed Kim a rock which legend says depicts a couple having sex, and Kim enjoyed the story. After that, every time Kim visited new sites, guides created stories describing them in sexual terms

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