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TIL That there are North Korean Labor Camps in Siberia

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EEko TIL that at 10 years old Mike Tyson bought $700 worth of birds after robbing someone’s home. He later got into his first fight after someone stole and decapitated one of them.
vErj TIL some of Kurt Cobain’s ashes were taken to New York, blessed by Bhuddist monks, mixed into clay and then made into ceremonial staues in the monastery
XNBQ TIL a pig named Lulu saved her owner’s life while the woman was having a heart attack. The pig heard the cries of pain, forced her way out of the yard, ran into the road and played ‘dead’ to stop the traffic. A driver stopped, the pig let him to the trailer, he heard women and called 911.
wokMP TIL that Mike Judge moved to Texas and a storm blew off a part of his fence. After his new neighbors fixed it for him, no questions asked, it became the basis for King Of The Hill - "about neighbors who... ultimately, do the right thing and do right by people and are basically good people."
ne9po Today I Learned about Pirate Joe's, a popular specialty grocery store in Vancouver Canada that exclusively resold Trader Joe's products the owner bought in the US (Canada does not have TJs) which he did via weekly trips in an unmarked van to various locations that he became banned from