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TIL Chinese billionaire Li Hejun lost over 14 Billion USD in 30 minutes.

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B7GW TIL During truce talks between North and South Korea, both parties would try to bring a bigger national flag than the other to each meeting. This went on until a special meeting was called to address the size of the flags, as they could no longer fit in the room.
OJJX TIL that Snapchat was originally marketed as an app to send nude pictures called Picaboo
yema TIL that during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, the African American hostages were released almost immediately as Iran was “sympathetic to oppressed minorities”.
pMmG TIL that in 2010 US crime rates were at their lowest in the past 40 years
neM9r TIL that technically speaking five nations have military bases on U.S. soil: The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, The U.K. and Singapore.