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TIL: North Korea used to buy full-page ads in the New York Times

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j6GDX TIL that a failed audition for the sitcom CHEERS led to the unplanned creation of one of the series most beloved characters,Cliff Clavin.
wGyo TIL the dad from “That’s So Raven”, Rondell Sheridan, was extremely glad when he found out Christopher Dorner was dead because they look so much alike, Rondell says he was legitimately scared to go out in public.
oRWwL TIL compared to their overall weight, koalas have among of the smallest brains of any animal. They are so dumb that they cannot identify leaves as food and refuse to consume them when they are placed on a flat surface as opposed to branches.
xVv05 TIL that in 1987, there were only 22 California Condors left on the planet. After an aggressive captive breeding and release program was implemented—where all of the birds were caught to help preserve the species—now there are 439 birds, 225 of which are in the wild.
ePb6 TIL that Israeli secret service, the Mossad, hatched a plan in the 1950s to bomb areas in Egypt where Americans gathered, and make these attacks appear to be the work of Muslim extremists. The plot was discovered and it’s known as ‘The Lavon Affair’.