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TIL that North Korea’s International Friendship Exhibition, a collection of gifts given to the nation, includes a VHS copy of the movie Space Jam

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G8wE TIL there is a programming language called Malbolge, specifically designed to be almost impossible to use. When it was created it was so difficult to understand that it took two years for the first Malbolge program to appear.
Z875G TIL that between 1974 and 1984 a pro-paedophile activist group called the Paedophile Information Exchange campaigned openly in the UK to abolish the age of consent and even spoke on national television about their views on sexual contact with underage children
oyGY TIL There was an armed interceptor version of the SR-71 called the YF-12. It was the largest manned interceptor ever made, and held several world records for speed and altitude. It was cancelled after the secretary of defense held funding so it could be spent in the Vietnam war.
Vlx8 TIL there are two parks abandoned by Disney World. One of them, River Country, still has running water fountains, electricity, and background music.
6EBE8 TIL Neil Armstrong had to go through US customs when he came back from the moon.