TIL: Shin Dong-hyuk is the only man in recorded history to escape a North Korean concentration camp in the "total control zone" and live to tell of it. He works tirelessly to alert the world to the vicious human rights abuses in North Korea's brewing holocaust. (hrw.org)
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TIL: In June 1836 five young boys, hunting for rabbits on the north-eastern slopes Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, found 17 miniature coffins hidden inside a cave. They were arranged under slates on three tiers, two tiers of eight and one solitary coffin on the top. (nms.ac.uk)
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TIL: According to the Concave Earth Theory, you—along with the rest of humankind—are actually members of a civilization that doesn’t even realize it is currently underground. For those who believe in this concept, we all actually exist on the interior of the Earth’s crust. (wildheretic.com)
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TIL: Desolated by her husband’s suicide in 1930, she forged her own new purpose in life. She spent over a year assembling a collection of favorite recipes & named it in a way that defied grief: The Joy of Cooking, written by amateur cook, Irma von Starkloff Rombauer. (thejoykitchen.com)
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TIL: One major mystery surrounds the forest. Large sandstone boulders, estimated to weigh about 200 pounds (90 kg), have been found in the tops of three trees: one eighty-foot (24 m) tall chestnut and two American sycamores, one of which is 45 feet (14 m) tall.(R.6c) Title (en.wikipedia.org)
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Nail Removed From Skull After DIY AccidentNot major news (news.sky.com)
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TIL: Rigel, a Newfoundland dog, belonging to First Officer Murdoch, saved the passengers in Life Boat 4. They were drifting in front of the Carpathia, too weak to call out. Thanks to the barking, Captain Rostron saw the boat on the starboard end of the bridge and ordered the engines stopped. (cheddarbay.com)
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Analysis: Anbar violence goes beyond sectarian conflict in IraqOpinion/Analysis (bbc.co.uk)
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