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

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jNAxn TIL: Ethiopia is several years behind the rest of the world. Since the religious country is so strongly influenced by the Coptic Orthodox Church, it still adheres to the traditional calendar of that church, which is seven years behind the rest of the world. Currently it's November 2011 there.
9YALB TIL the voice actors of Mickey and Minnie Mouse were married in real life
DQpZe TIL about Tartary, the historical name for Central Asia and Siberia, which has sparked conspiracy theories about a hidden past and mud floods. This globalized version posits that demolished buildings, like the Singer Building and parts of different Worlds Fairs, were involved in the cover up
wLG5J TIL General George Thomas was arguably better than both Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant. He never lost a battle and once completely destroyed a confederate army, earning him the nickname "sledgehammer". History has forgotten because he was too modest and always downplayed his own accomplishments
45bw TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to voice himself in the German dub of “The Terminator” because the producers thought that his Austrian accent wasn’t tough enough for the Terminator. In fact he’s never dubbed himself in all of his movies since.