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TIL that North and South Korean judokas teamed up to compete as the Unified Korean team at 2018 World Judo Championships, winning a historic bronze medal in the co-ed team vs. team competition

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4XnYR TIL 70% of the land in Britain is still owned by 1% of the population, largely descended from William the Conqueror’s army
VMGyk TIL that it currently takes more information to obtain a library card than to form a US company
p8v7N TIL that back in 2005, UK politician Alan Johnson was made 'Productivity, Energy and Industry Secretary' for five days. His job title was changed back to Secretary for Trade and Industry after people abbreviated the new one as 'PENIS'
ARrd TIL a Minnesota woman was ordered to pay $222,000 in damages for illegally downloading 24 songs.
KONgG TIL of Wille Herold, a private of the German Army in World War II, who posed as a Luftwaffe captain and subsequently organized the mass execution of deserters in a German prison camp in the last days of the war.