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TIL the two Koreas were split before for roughly 300 years.

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N0NN TIL Al Capone is credited with getting expiration dates on milk
kp0d TIL that a colony of mammoths survived the demise of the rest of their species by 6000 years on an isolated Siberian island.
ADa9x TIL the special effects artist for The Thing (1982), Rob Bottin, checked himself into the hospital after filming had wrapped because of exhaustion and spent several weeks recovering. The effects in the film are considered to be some of the best ever and still hold up today.
jN7wE TIL that human hair can be used to accurately measure relative humidity in the air. Human hair hygrometers have been in use since the 18th century.
0dkoN TIL about the Reversing Falls, on the Saint John River in Canada that reverses direction twice a day at high tide.