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TIL Kim Il Sung developed a calcium deposit the size of a baseball on the back of his neck. Because of it, he was only photographed from the front and citizens were jailed for mentioning it to each other.

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9wgvm TIL that the Marvel Comics adaptation of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi was accidentally shipped out to stores a month before the movie was released, and when Mark Hamill, who is a comic book fan, noticed this, he contacted Marvel's sales manager and they tried to get the book off the stands
GADZ5 TIL a structural flaw was found in Citicorp Center in Manhattan in 1978 ; stealthily repairs were made to it with the crisis becoming public in 1995.
lo1ka TIL the 1997 Pokemon episode that caused 700 seizures also caused additional seizures when news reports aired a clip while covering the story
oAXW TIL a species of vulture has been found to fly at 37,000 feet (almost 2 miles higher than Mt. Everest). This was discovered in 1973 when a jet struck a bird at cruising altitude and had to make an emergency landing.
PGAE TIL that astronaut Steven Swanson took DVDs of Firefly and Serenity to the International Space Station, where they permanently reside as entertainment for the crew.