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TIL North Korean newlyweds, immediately after their wedding, go to the nearest statue of Kim Il-sung to lay flowers at his feet

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XOBj TIL at Jim Henson’s memorial service, Big Bird sang Kermit the Frog’s ‘Being Green’
OoAaL TIL that charity sky dives - on average - cost more money for the health service than they make. Each pound raised for charity cost the NHS £13.75 in return due to injuries picked up by people doing charity sky dives.
gxL TIL Down Syndrome males are sterile (aside from one documented case)
awQjM TIL the oldest evidence of writing in the western hemisphere is a 3000 yr old stone tablet found by construction workers in Veracruz, Mexico and proved the Olmecs were a literate civilization.
6Eym7 TIL earthworms are known to live 10-15 years before they die.