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TIL Kim Jong Ils official biography listed, among his achievements, a 38 shot round of golf, ability to control weather, he never needed to poop and was credited with inventing the hamburger.

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1aRBV TIL the loudest sound in recorded history was the Krakatoa volcanic eruption in 1883. The sound was so loud that it ruptured the ear drums of people 40 miles away, traveled around the world 4 times, and was clearly heard 3,000 miles away
b6lr9 TIL it is illegal in parts of Oregon and New Jersey to pump your own gas
pY4OG TIL of Sidney Korshak, a lawyer who was the Chicago Mafia’s main man in Los Angeles. Korshak went to his death, without so much as a criminal indictment against him, let alone a conviction.
ep6r4 TIL that it is illegal to possess or collect eagle feathers in the United States, and only members of a federally recognized native American tribe may legally possess them.
OoDZ1 TIL that a man named Oto Benga killed himself in 1916 after his family was murdered and he became an exhibit in the monkey house at Bronx Zoo. He was a popular "attraction" and was advertised as being the missing link in evolution.