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TIL that North Korea operates a restaurant chain called Pyongyang and its chains mostly operate in China, serving mostly mediocre food.

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b9xPa TIL the United Way released 1.5 mil. balloons over Cleveland in '86. They blanketed the town leading to car crashes, an airport shutdown, stampeding horses, and the suspension of a Coast Guard search for 2 missing boaters who eventually washed ashore dead.
Qmx6 TIL that scientists have discovered colonies of worms living in mounds of methane ice at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.
4dP5 TIL that “Painting Elephants” are tortured to break their spirit, and then trained to move their trunks in the direction the trainer pulls the elephants’ ears.
oRkRo TIL people typing “F” after its announced someone has died originated from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare which was released a decade ago. The game has you press “F” to pay your respects to a coffin during a somber scene.
9ww5D TIL there are "Harbinger households": neighborhoods that consistently choose failed products and therefore could predict market failures