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TIL That North Korea has a zoo which is home to over 5,000 animals, including dogs (which are not permitted as pets due to “health reasons”) and a trained parrot that squawks, in English, “"Long live the Great Leader, Comrade Kim Il-sung!”

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vMwK TIL that Steve Tilston, an English folk singer, was sent a letter from John Lennon in 1971 in which John wrote, “Being rich doesn’t change your experience in the way you think.” Steve Tilston didn’t receive this letter until 2005, 32 years later.