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TIL that there are North Korean labor camps in Siberia, Russia.

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5VrjP TIL the song Harper Valley PTA (1968) became a movie (1978) and a TV show (1981). Has this happened before or since with a single song?
70oL TIL that Quaker Oats once fed radioactive Oats to mentally handicapped children to study its effects.
p8PpN TIL That a German shepherd named Talero stayed next to the body of his owner for 23 days, after he had died in a snow storm. He prevented animals from attacking the body, and tried to keep his owner warm by sleeping by his side.
Br5ne TIL Alberta has no rats due to serious rat control policies, including a $5000 fine for having a rat. In 2004 someone released 38 rats in Calgary but by the time the rat control officers arrived the local residents had already formed an armed posse and hunted them down with brooms, 2x4s, and shovels
Z8LQv TIL in the 1800s Louisiana had the only state lottery system in America. It drew controversy for selling tickets across state lines and lost 90% of its revenue when interstate lottery sales were banned in 1890.