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TIL during a meeting with the UN, North Koreans came with AK-47s under their jackets. Instead of confronting them, American officers turned up the heat in the room to make them sweat under their heavy clothes

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VBJZk TIL the bug in Sid Meier's 'Civilisation' that caused Gandhi to become aggressive with nuclear weapons, does not exist and is a complete myth,
VBVwm TIL Emmy-winning actors Bonnie Bartlett Daniels and William Daniels, married for 72 years, initially had an open marriage.
W7RV9 TIL No US sport is in the top 5 and the NFL is not in the top 10 globally for sport popularity.
mxaZx TIL that Rhodes Scholarships and Rhodesia are named after the same guy,
W0Bd TIL Ed McGivern was able to fire five shots at five yards into a silver dollar in 45/100ths of a second, shoot six hand-thrown clays, shoot a dime on the fly and that his Guinness world record for “The greatest rapid-fire feat” still stands (1932).