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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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698Yl TIL a young woman's head swelled from her usual measurement of 22 inches to 24.8 inches (and the shape of her face changed) after she used hair dye. This was because the hair dye had a chemical in it called PPD (paraphenylenediamine), which can cause serious allergic reactions in certain people.
wov1 TIL A former critic of Scientology, the Cult Awareness Network was bankrupted by Scientology lawyers and then bought to become an information and networking center for non-traditional religions.
oBXwA TIL that the world’s oldest surviving melody is over 3400 years old, and we get to hear what it sounded like
JJbV TIL that Argentinian special forces tried to destroy a UK ship during the Falklands War, but were foiled by a rental car salesperson.
mxJNo TIL in the movie "Dumb and Dumber", Jim Carrey's chipped tooth is genuine, resulting from a fight with a classmate in his childhood, but he had since had it capped. He simply had the crown temporarily removed from that tooth to portray Lloyd