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TIL North Korea had a propaganda YouTube video taken down for using copyrighted Call of Duty footage.

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Jv4V TIL of the Fermi paradox, a concept that states that the apparent lack of life in the universe is proof that intelligent life always destroys itself before it can expand into space
0wbJj TIL - the queen piece in chess used to only move one square at a time. Later on, this was changed to the movement we know today thanks to the 15th century Queen Isabella of Spain.
Oona1 TIL of the pizza principle, which states that the price of a pizza slice will always match the price of the New York City subway fare.
YWov TIL Kanye West commissioned Zach Galifianakis to make an alternate music video of “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” on a whim based on a connection through a personal trainer; the video is Zach riding farm equipment and lip synching.
Yp1nr TIL that in June 1982 British Airways Flight 9 (callsign Speedbird 9) managed to land safely in Jakarta with no casualties, despite having accidentally flown into a volcanic ash cloud that shut down all four engines and sandblasted the windscreen