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TIL The North Korean Constitution Promises Freedom Speech, Freedom of Travel, and Free Health Care to All Citizens

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X00o6 TIL Christopher Lee Rios, better known as rapper Big Pun, weighed nearly 700 lbs when he died at the age of 28
W79B8 TIL when the town of Exeter, Massachusetts renamed itself to honor Benjamin Franklin in 1778, they asked Franklin to donate a bell to the town church. Franklin responded with a donation of books instead, which formed the founding collection of America's first public library.
nWLXP TIL about the kingdom of Iberia and Albania. They were both nations in the caucasus completely unrelated to the European peninsula and balkan country.
NlGN TIL that wonderful smell in the air after it rains is a combination of plant oils, bacterial spores, and ozone.
d8Y9Q TIL J.R.R Tolkien considered various different title including 'The Magic Ring' but later settled on 'Lord of the Rings'