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TIL the first episode of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares tried saving a bookmaking front for the Bonanno crime family

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KOaEa TIL about the soldier who defected from North Korea in 2017. Meet Oh Chong-song. He made his escape by car, but had to ditch it and run after he crashed it at the Demarcation Line. He sustained five gunshot wounds and survived to tell the tale when he got airlifted to a nearby hospital.
pQO4 TIL smoking scorpions to get high is a growing problem in Pakistan. The high lasts around 10 hours and supposedly makes everything look like it’s “dancing.” The scorpions can be smoked straight or mixed with tobacco or hash.
ZyyG TIL two hikers lost for days were saved after finding the abandoned gear of a man who had vanished 1 year prior, to the exact day. They used the matches in the pack to light a signal fire.
v1B8r TIL In the Town of Green Bank WV it is illegal to use any WiFi and cellphones.
wkXM TIL the German state forensic bureau showed that portions of the Anne Frank Diary were written with a ballpoint pen. Ballpoint pens were not available before 1951.