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TIL that North Korea once beat Italy in the FIFA World Cup

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N7pr1 TIL that so prevalent is the empty cardboard box's reputation as a plaything that in 2005 a cardboard box was added to the National Toy Hall of Fame.
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ypoa TIL that the Secret Service was originally founded to suppress counterfeit currency in 1865 and later on in 1902, the Secret Service started to protect the president.
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