What Daily Life In North Korea Looks Like

Living Spaces for Textile Workers

This is a photo of one of the dorms that textile workers are required to use. Obviously, this is a room that the government wanted to show, so it's unclear what the living conditions are really like. Every room must have portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on the walls. 

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The More You Know

  • If you heat up a magnet, it will lose its magnetism.
  • Honey is essentially bee vomit.
  • In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
  • The word "kimono" means "a thing to wear."
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