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TIL in 2012 a 14 year old North Korean schoolgirl drowned in a flood trying to save portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

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1akjD TIL Astronaut Micheal Collins thought the eagle on the Apollo 11 mission patch looked uncomfortable stating that he, “hoped he dropped the olive branch before landing.”
xVrBo TIL When you bail someone out of jail you get the money back if they attend their court dates
xMg5 TIL That Ghandi Was Extremely Racist Towards Africans and even Lobbied for Segregated Entrances To Public Buildings
p8njZ TIL in the late Middle Ages, A man accused of murder fought the victim's dog in a trial by combat. As the dog's jaws were around his throat, he confessed and was hanged.
1MR8 TIL of the “man will never fly” conspiracy. People who believe that man actually has never flown and are just tricked into believing they are flying.