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TIL the sleeve around a Hot Pocket is officially called a Susceptor

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Kk9 TIL there is a completely uninhabited village in North Korea built solely for propaganda, with dozens of empty buildings.
R79B1 TIL Vanderlei de Lima was on track to win the 2004 Olympic Marathon when a man grappled him causing him to lose 15-20 seconds and finish in third. de Lima never complained about the incident afterward.
d8eKE TIL In 1830 there were 3,775 free black people who owned 12,740 black slaves
ZpkWY TIL Norwegian skier Herman Smith-Johannsen was the world's oldest living person for 22 days until his death at the age of 111 on 5 January 1987.
QJbVk Today I learned that the release of Little Big Planet was delayed by a week because of the inclusion of music with arabic lyrics from the Quran