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TIL that North Korea’s national animal is the Chollima, which is a mystical winged flying horse.

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b9Pjp TIL a team at MIT developed a computer programme called ‘World One’ which predicted that in the year 2020 a series of catastrophic events will begin that will lead to the end of civilisation.
m1Jro TIL Scientists created an antenna that is only five nanometres long
oRKbE TIL of Tom Barlow a baseball player who after getting injured in 1874 and was given morphine by a doctor, subsequently got addicted to the substance and lost his whole career to it.
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D1kre TIL: Converse shoes can be laced up utilizing the side eyelets near the sole for a snugger fit. This method is called "bar lacing."