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x6Q8w TIL that in 1983 North Korean agents tried to assassinate South Korean president Chun Doo-hwan in Burma, killing 21 people — but Chun survived because his car was delayed in traffic.
OG0D4 Today I learned that a man made hole is deeper than the mariana trench.
4XKeo TIL that there are fake towns and roads (known as "paper towns") that mapmakers put in their maps, so that if someone makes a map which has one of these paper towns, they could know it's a copy
Oo0YX TIL an average Artic tern, the world's most migratory bird, will travel the equivalent of a roundtrip from Earth to the Moon over 3 times during its lifetime.
P1KeZ TIL Debra Houston set the record for world's oldest soap box derby racer at 59 when she competed at the Soap Box Derby National Championships. At first she just wanted to sign up her grandkids to a racing league to get them out of the house but was urged to race due to her small height and weight.