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TIL Any PCT filed patents are also valid and enforced in North Korea as it ratified the Paris Convention on July 8, 1980.

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AraB TIL that Harper Lee received one year’s wages as a Christmas gift from a friend to write whatever she wanted. She used her time off to write “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
advM TIL an elephant-sized sloth existed and went extinct only 10.000 years ago. It was one of the largest land mammals, measuring up to 6m(20ft) and weighing 4 tons
yVGYw TIL Toni Basil, singer of 80's one-hit-wonder "Mickey," was also an actress who'd appeared in 1969's Easy Rider
6EXxZ TIL one of the first winners of the Miss USA pageant was stripped of her title when it was revealed that she was married and had children as being a wife and mother were against contest rules.
N7MLE TIL that Nintendo had developed a knitting machine add-on for the NES that was never released.