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TIL that due to lack of fertilizer, North Korean shops once sold (or still selling) human feces

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pxdQ TIL: There’s a subway ticket machine in Moscow that accepts 30 squats as payment. Installed ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympics to “bring sports to the people”.
VXp4 TIL Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux during World War II, defied a direct order from his own government and issued transit visas to as many as 30,000 refugees seeking to escape the Nazis
yVGyv TIL the U.S. is the island nation of Fiji's largest trading partner. Fiji's #1 export to the U.S.: water
QLyX TIL it was no coincidence “Antz” was released a month before Disney/Pixar “A Bugs life”. Pixar had been working on Bugs Life for much longer. Antz was made by a former Disney employee who didn’t leave on good terms. He sped up the production admitting his intentions were to “Battle Disney”
ZeJa TIL that Daniel Radcliffe, of Harry Potter fame, suffers from a form of “developmental coordination disorder.” On a bad day, he has trouble tying his own shoelaces.