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TIL North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-Il reportedly spent $700,000 a year on Hennessy cognac

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rNme TIL a much higher percentage of astronauts wear corrective glasses in space, while fewer wear them on earth. The lack of gravity affects the shape of the eye.
JAjB TIL that in the United Kingdom, if a local or national election has resulted in a tie, the winner can be decided either by drawing straws/lots, coin flip, or drawing a high card in pack of cards.
GYD01 TIL that there is a hotel made of salt in Bolivia with a strict rule of not licking the walls.
5VrXp TIL that the original version of the novel “The Neverending Story” was printed in two colors: Red ink for events in the real world, green for events in Fantasia. One reviewer called it “a good buy… unless you suffer from red/green colour blindness.”
WxKA TIL Most children in New Zealand start school on their 5th birthday as opposed to the beginning of the school year