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TIL North Korea has the 4th largest army, the largest special forces and the largest submarine fleet in the world.

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jjER TIL that the Internet has a patron saint named Saint Isidore of Seville. He compiled the knowledge of the ancient world and made it accessible for his own and future generations around 600 AD.
M7eOa TIL about galalith, a synthetic plastic made by the interaction of casein (found in milk) and formaldehyde invented in the 1920s to replace materials such as ivory or horn
EegV TIL that in 2001, Neopets was the fourth most trafficked website on the internet, 8 spots in front of Google.
epjBE TIL After Emperor Nero's death in 68 AD, a popular legend emerged that he would return to destroy Rome. He's believed to be the inspiration for both "the beast" and the number "666" in the bible
yQ6gV TIL almost 10% of all the concrete used in the WW2 German Atlantic Wall went on the fortification of the tiny Channel islands. The 1944 allied invasion of France simply ignored them, finally liberating them in May 1945.