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TIL literacy in North Korea is defined by the ability to write “Kim Il-Sung”

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1MbX TIL in 2000 a man in Georgia was shot 16 by police officers and lived. The trauma center surgeon that treated him said that most of the bullets were stopped by the 6'6 225lbs man’s muscles.
nWJBP TIL Edward Neumeier turned down a promotion to Vice-President at Universal Pictures so he could finish the RoboCop screenplay with Michael Miner
OGoeY TIL that while a majority of nations call the country “Finland”, the Finnish people refer to their country’s name as “Suomi” instead.
QJp7L TIL Pakistan's biggest company is its Army - which sells everything from cereal boxes to marriage venues
Zmvv TIL that Gordon Ramsay challenged James May from Top Gear to eat three delicacies as a “test of a man.” The third delicacy was rotten shark, which Ramsay spat out, while May finished and responded, “You disappoint me, Ramsay.”