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TIL North Korea's largest export are giant statues

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Ookla TIL that the usage of fork had caused quite a scandal. St. Peter Damian once said "God in his wisdom has provided man with natural forks – his fingers. Therefore it is an insult to Him to substitute artificial metallic forks for them when eating."
K4a6 TIL: Dogs Can Smell Parts Per Trillion. A Human Equivalent Would Be Perfect Vision Up To THREE THOUSAND Miles Away.
kODJd TIL Sea mines off the coast of North Vietnam exploded spontaneously all at once; the cause, not determined until decades later, was a solar flare
yQklv TIL domesticated cats have been responsible for the 33 extinction around the world. One being caused by a single cat, Tibbles, who killed an entire population of Stephen's Island Wren.
rRbP4 TIL 'Turn On' (1969) was the shortest lived show in TV history, being yanked off the air by some affiliates before it even returned from the first commercial break in the first episode. The creators were paid to never air it again.