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TIL that North Korea offered and delivered flood aid to South Korea in 1984

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16ovP TIL Orcas are still smashing up boats because as it turns out, orcas – especially the kids and teens – just want to have fun. The report reveals that a combination of free time, curiosity and natural playfulness has led to young orcas adopting this 'trend' of boat-bumping.
0wBm1 TIL that in the DRC, there is a statue of former president Kabila that was built by North Korea. However, the statue's body and clothes don't really resemble Kabila's, and it is likely that North Korea just recycled a statue of Kim Jong-Il and put Kabila's head on it.
7l67 TIL Luxembourg’s gold medal at the 1952 Olympics was so unexpected that the organisers had neglected to give the band a score for their national anthem. The musicians “hurriedly improvised a tune which bore little resemblance to the Luxembourg anthem”.
M7PxB Today I learned that WD-40 stands for Water Displacing oil number 40!
8eykL TIL of the Basilisk of Warsaw, a mythical creature that allegedly terrorised 16th-century Poland and was ‘defeated’ by a criminal in a mirrored suit of armour.