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TIL there are hundreds of mysterious tiles placed all over the world, the ominous message unknown

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QNLwe TIL about North Korean former soldier Oh Chong Song, who defected to South Korea by simply crashing his car into the DMZ and escaped under a shower of North Korean bullets.
4X7L5 TIL The Horror film "Unfriended", on the theme of cyberbullying is told almost entirely through a screencast of a MacBook. Production was 16 days total and at least one full, 80-minute-long take was filmed, with each actor in separate rooms with separate computers
1aabX As you pour yourself your second, third, or fourteenth cup of coffee this morning, you might be asking yourself, is this bad? Is this too much? How much is too much, really, and how bad is that? Will I permanently deplete my adrenaline? Can the jitters lead to a stroke? Can I... die? We consult the experts for answers.
b7x7 TIL that during the filming of the Bond film, “Never Say Never Again,” Sean Connery angered his martial arts instructor so much that he broke Connery’s wrist. The instructor was Steven Seagal.
P11Zw TIL about Rattlesnake Kate, a Colorado resident who killed 140 of the serpents with a metal signpost in a single battle & later learned to collect venom to save lives. Her snake dress is on display in Greeley (where Al-Qaeda got its roots.. that's a different TIL)