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TIL that North Korea has more submarines than the United States.

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L4P0 TIL The terms “left” and “right” in politics appeared during the French Revolution of 1789 when members of the National Assembly divided into supporters of the king to the president’s right and supporters of the revolution to his left.
7Eeb TIL that J002E3, originally thought to be an asteroid orbiting the Earth, is actually part of the Apollo 12 mission that returned to Earth orbit after 31 years of orbiting the Sun
DQYDv TIL that boxer Joe Fraizer was blind in one eye, by the time he defeated Muhammad Ali in 1971.
lodYN TIL the largest action of the American War of Independence was actually the Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779-1783) by a combined French & Spanish force, showing how the Thirteen Colonies were merely one theatre of a much wider war.
QMnp TIL Ethiopia has 13 months, is still in the year 2005, and celebrates New Years on September 11.