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TIL the hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil monkeys have names (Mizaru, Kikazaru, and Iwazaru)

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4kM7N TIL of the Military-First Girls, a Japanese all-women fan club of the Moranbong Band, a North Korean girl group. In an interview the club's leader said: "Just like how there are women who like K-pop and Taylor Swift, we just love North Korean culture."
PYDG TIL: In 1908, Tesla predicted the Internet but with all our devices using wireless electricity to boot.
JYYbV Today, we morbidly wondered, do you get anything if you survive a plane crash?
N7nbb TIL the story of Zeus, a 9 year old pitbull-mix from Montana who was stolen by a family "friend" and found 2k miles away in West Virginia after the thief was arrested. Zeus had a microchip with contact info but was too big to fly so 15 strangers volunteered to drive him home across 9 states .
oBlaR TIL the iconic Civil Rights photo of Walter Gadsen being attacked by a police dog was a mistake. Gadsen had no interest in the Civil Rights movement, but was skipping school, when he stumbled into a cop and frightened his dog. The cop was pulling his dog away.