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TIL some trucks in North Korea are powered by burning charcoal because the price of oil is too high for most citizens.

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ZPvo TIL only 26 games have ever been given the “AO” rating by the ESRB.
j6ZDM TIL about the Green Children of Woolpit: In the 12th century, two children with green skin and strange clothing appeared in a village in England. The children were taken in by a local family and eventually learned to speak English, but their origins remain a mystery.
nmmb TIL there was a pornographic parody of the british show “Doctor Who” called Dr. Loo and the Filthy Phalek where Dr. Loo travels through time and space in a TURDIS, a time machine disguised as a public toilet and she and her trusty female shagbot get into numerous sexual adventures.
ZpMjY TIL In 1994, 60 children at Ariel school in Ruwa, Zimbabwe said they'd seen a 'UFO' and 'aliens with big eyes' in bush land near their school playground. The story was reported around the world.
WkRkA TIL that Eric Idle threatened to sue the producers of the film Shrek the Third, after they included a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail in the movie. He said it was an “unauthorized use” of the joke. The producers said they were honouring him.