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TIL: Shin Dong-hyuk is the only man in recorded history to escape a North Korean concentration camp in the “total control zone” and live to tell of it. He works tirelessly to alert the world to the vicious human rights abuses in North Korea’s brewing holocaust.

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grj1D TIL that Matt Damon didn’t just make a surprise appearance in EuroTrip (2004) —he actually played "Donny" the band's leader, and sang the song "Scotty Doesn’t Know," which became a cult hit.
grjwW TIL that the ideal biblical woman is both a homemaker who gets up early to cook and care for her family, and a successful businesswoman who buys land, turns it into a vineyard, and sells homemade clothes ensuring her family is never poor.
wxVo TIL in countries that don’t have “ranch” dressing, that flavor is often described as “American flavor” when used in snack foods.
5JYp TIL The BBC was accused of censorship after refusing to play “Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead” during the official charts show. The song reached number 2 after the death of Margaret Thatcher.
wL4jJ TIL there are rocks in California that are highly-polished from the suspected rubbing extinct Columbian Mammoths performed on them 1,000s of years ago during the Ice Age.