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TIL A North Korean submarine got stuck in a fishing net

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VBnQk TIL Victor Fleming directed both The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, and did both in the same year (1939).
OwpY TIL In 1872 A Luddite was badly wounded and locked up. They interrogated him to find the co-conspirators. As his health worsened he called over the interrogator and said “Can you keep a secret?” “Yes!” the interrogator cried. “So can I” said the Luddite and promptly died.
wZR7 TIL there is a biker club that shows up to court with child abuse victims to make them feel safe.
w4QY TIL in 1992 dance/pop duo The KLF were invited to play at the BRIT awards. They unexpectedly performed with a grindcore metal band, fired machine gun blanks into the audience, announced they were leaving the music industry, dumped a dead sheep at the afterparty, and deleted their entire back catalog
R5MYl TIL the song “Ireland’s Call” was commissioned in 1995 to be used as the anthem for Ireland’s national rugby team since the team consists of Republican and Northern Irish players who are technically from two different countries.