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TIL that a North Korean teen who was chosen to go to the International Mathematical Olympiad used it to escape North Korea and start a new life.

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ANxjB TIL In 2010, an animal rights advocacy group called for Punxsutawney Phil to be replaced with an animatronic groundhog, claiming the tradition stresses the animal. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club rejected the idea, stating that Phil is well cared for and lives better than the average child.
v1m54 TIL FDR is related to 12 US presidents and is the 8th cousin of Winston Churchill once removed
Akpx TIL of Rodriguez, a failed folk-singer from Detroit. While working hard labor all his life, he unknowingly had become more famous than Elvis & the Beatles in South Africa and only found out 30 years later. Oh, and the documentary about his life is nominated for an Oscar tonight.
m1mOy TIL that the Graflex FlashFlashstar is a type of lightsaber that was made famous by Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy. The Graflex FlashFlashstar was originally a 1920s-era photographic flashgun, which was modified and used as the basis for the lightsaber prop.
PykG TIL that during the 2003 Station Nightclub fire, a reporter filmed the entire fire from the moment before the pyrotechnics went off on the main stage. He was at the club doing a piece on nightclub safety.