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Facts about North Korea that are terrifyingly strange

    North Korea , officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , is a country in East Asia, in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang is both the nation's capital as well as its largest city. To the north and northwest the country is bordered by China and by Russia along the Amnok (known as the Yalu in China) and Tumen rivers. The country is bordered to the south by South Korea, with the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two. North Korea , independent since 1948, is not recognised by Japan and South Korea .   In North Korea, the year is counted after the birth of its founder, Kim II-Sung . In 2013, it was the year 202.       Marijuana is legal and is not even classified as a drug in North Korea .       North Korean archaeologists announced the world in 2012 they "discovered" lair of the UNICORN ridden by legendary King Tongmyung 2000 years ago. ...

Satirical Illustration

Satire  is a  genre  of  literature , and sometimes  graphic  and  performing arts , in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.  Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive  social criticism , using  wit  to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society.

Interesting Facts About Twitter

Twitter is an online news and social networking service where users post and interact with messages, "tweets," restricted to 140 characters. Registered users can post tweets, but those who are unregistered can only read them. Users access Twitter through its website interface, SMS or a mobile device app. Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco, California, United States, and has more than 25 offices around the world. 350,000 Tweets are sent every minute .  Twitter has 310 million monthly active users The FBI has a Twitter slang dictionary. The official Twitter account of @Sweden is given to a random citizen every week to manage. In 2013, a fake tweet temporarily wiped out US$130 billion off the stock market. Justin Bieber has more followers on Twitter than Spain has people. Facebook, Twitter and The New York Times have been blocked in China since 2009. After Michael Jackson's death hit the news, he was...