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TIL that a North Korean general was executed with an anti-aircraft gun in front of hundreds of people, reportedly for behaviour such as falling asleep in Kim Jong-un’s presence.

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VBLX8 TIL that an Indian lawyer sued the Hindu god Rama over mistreatment of his wife Sita
VNjk TIL that glass that has been treated with a LASER to create micro-cracks and coated with polyurethane, inspired by nacre (mother of pearl), becomes 200 times stronger
J1a9j TIL A lot of angry men have a core sense of inferiority. They feel like they don’t measure up. And that is a lot of men, especially white men, feel like other people are getting stuff that they're entitled to and not getting it.
b990p TIL "People forget 90% of what they read". Then I learned this traces back to Edgar Dale who published a 'Cone of Experience' in 1949 as an idea, NO %s given. In 1967 someone at Mobil Oil tacked on the numbers that are mis-cited today. I learned this yesterday also, forgive the repost.
LQN6r TIL A Canadian Institute of Technology installed sleep pods in its campus library so students can lie down for a proper sleep if they should need it. However staff sit about 15 feet away and nappers are under video surveillance to prevent more than solo sleepers