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TIL North Korea has a water park in Pyongyang

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8amXa TIL Actress Ruth Wilson’s grandfather, Alexander Wilson, was a serial bigamist, spy, and MI6 officer. She portrayed her own grandmother, Alison, in a three part drama series about the discovery of his parallel lives.
7rA1L TIL that in 2017, Dr. Dre donated $10 million to help build a state-of-the-art performing arts center at Compton High School.
wopZ7 TIL that bananas are berries, but strawberries aren’t.
p0Vb TIL Mike Tyson during the peak of his fame was a raving sex addict. A-list celebrities, a 50 year old store assistant, a drug counselor, female prison visitors, hotel maids and cocaine fueled orgies were all on his to do list. He even confessed to wearing his championship belts during the act.
kJ0o5 TIL in 1925, wealthy SF businessman Herbert Fleishhacker built what was then the largest swimming pool in the US. Open to the public, it measured 150 x 1000 feet, held 6.5 million gallons, and could hold 10k people. The pool was filled with filtered seawater and heated to 72°. It closed in 1971.