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TIL that Kim Pyong-il, Kim Jong-il's brother, was assigned as an ambassador for 40 years to ensure he couldn't influence North Korean politics: he was sent to Yugoslavia in 1979, then to Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland, Poland and the Czech Republic, and didn't return to his home country until 2019.

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6vB7 TIL: When Rialto police began wearing cameras there was an 88% decline in the number of complaints filed against officers, compared with the 12 months before the study. Officers also used force nearly 60 percent less often. Force used was twice as likely to have been by officers not wearing cameras.
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