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TIL South Korea has governors for the 5 provinces it claims in North Korea

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8anMK TIL of Aardman Animations, a British animation studio based in Bristol. They are known for films using plasticine and clay animations, their most famous characters being Wallace and Gromit. They also did the animation for Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" music video
jBxE TIL when baseball player Chuck Finley was told of his ex-wife’s allegations against him of heavy steroid, alcohol, and marijuana use, he responded with “I can’t believe she left out the cross-dressing.”
4oR5 TIL that the first automated telephone exchange was created by Almon B. Strowger, because a competitor’s wife was the operator of his local exchange, and therefore redirected calls meant for him to her husband’s business instead.
wLBPE TIL of Robert Fortune who in the 19th century was hired by the British East India Company to infiltrate China and steal their tea and reveal their tea-making process kept secret for thousands of years.
XRbR TIL that Lakota people legally own most of South Dakota (Treaty of Fort Laramie - 1868)