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TIL that North Korea has abducted–in addition to around 485 South Koreans–Japanese, Chinese, Malaysians, French, Italians, and other citizens mainly for them to teach languages at spy schools.

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v77x TIL in 2013, a Jägermeister-sponsored party went awry, when the staff threw liquid nitrogen into the pool to create smoke. The nitrogen displaced oxygen, poisoning the people around. 9 partygoers were hospitalized, including one who fell into a coma.
wZ1J TIL Athletes poop their pants a lot.
7rZjP TIL that while scientists were analyzing prehistoric worms recovered from permafrost, two 40,000 year old nematodes 'revived' and began moving and eating, making them the oldest multi-cellular life alive on Earth.
l7EYK TIL that operating system Linux is an example of anarcho-communism
v094 TIL that before filming LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, Jackson made the principal actors train for 6 weeks in sword fighting, riding and boating to allow the cast to bond. Later, most of the actors portraying the Fellowship got a tattoo with the Elvish symbol for the number 9.