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TIL North Korea's largest export are giant statues

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VWrQ TIL 1 inch of rain equals approximately 12 inches of snow
6VLQ TIL there was a crooked bank in the Low Countries, that had its entrance in the Netherlands, but it’s vault in Belgium. Belgian Police couldn’t enter the bank; the Dutch could, but were forbidden from entering the vault.
loyPG TIL Henry Heimlich, the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, has a son, Peter, who is devoted to exposing him as a serial liar and con artist. Peter says his father paid off the study that persuaded the American Red Cross to change its response to choking to Heimlich's.
4X8Bg TIL of chimp Frodo who beat up Jane Goodall, fathered a baby with his own mother (and also ate a human baby)
P1maV TIL Bruce Lee's great-uncle was Robert Ho Tung, the founder of one of the "four big families of Hong Kong" - so called because of their wealth and impact on HK's economy.