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TIL after visiting Pyongyang in 1971, Romanian dictator Ceaușescu got obsessed to North Korean ideology and implemented it to his country. He was executed in 1989.

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M4Q0 TIL that The Wolf of Wall Street uses the word “fuck”, or its variations, 569 times. Given a running time of 180 minutes, this is 3.16 fucks per minute.
KYLma TIL in the town of Kurri Kurri Australia they have an annual festival for mullets. Mulletfest is an event that honours the best Mullet cuts in various styles and categories, including 'everyday', 'grubby', 'ranga' (red hair), 'vintage', 'extreme', 'international' and 'junior'.
NVv6 TIL The University of Michigan was founded 20 years before Michigan officially became a state.
egab TIL that after Boromir had a dream urging him to seek Rivendell to the north, it took him a hundred and ten days to arrive, just barely making it in time for Elrond’s council. Tolkien wrote that the “courage and hardihood required was not fully recognized by the narrative”.
xwVb TIL: Cary Grant began experimenting with LSD in the late 1950s, using it in psychotherapy sessions. He had an estimated 100 sessions over several years