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TIL the Democratic Republic of the Congo built its new National Museum in 2019 with the funding of South Korea. Congolese experts working there are now trained in South Korea instead of by Belgian scientists from the Africa Museum in Brussels

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OGLne TIL that before Austria-Hungary divided and separated, their motto was "Indivisible and Inseparable"
e5pD TIL: During a war game conducted by US military, a retired general commanding a simulated enemy forces manages to incurred significant losses to US navy. The game were then reset and rule modified mid-game to force a US victory.
WkWmL TIL of a NASA position called the "Planetary Protection Officer", and it is a full-time job defending the Earth from aliens- it has existed since the U.S. signed the Outer Space Treaty in 1967, and pays US$187K a year
6EGRZ Today I learned that Run DMC was TOTALLY against doing a remake with Aerosmith for “Walk This Way.” They initially read the lyrics and called it “hillbilly bullshit”, and refused to do it. Rick Rubin “persuaded” them to do it, and the rest is history.
XEBKE TIL Ken Jennings, the Jeopardy champion who shattered all the records for the game, refused to come out of retirement for the Jeopardy: Greatest Of All Time championship tournament, because he thought he'd lose badly. He ended up crushing, winning in only four rounds out of a possible seven.