North Korea is both an extremely frightening and mysterious place. Not a lot is known about the secretive state, but at the same time, its citizens know very little about the outside world, either. We are constantly inundated with news of weapons of mass destruction and human rights violations, but due to very few people being allowed to cross the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea, all we really receive is rumor and hearsay.
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On the rare occasions when foreigners are allowed to enter North Korea, their cameras and phones are confiscated at the airport, only to be returned upon departure, so the Western world is essentially only private to the same propaganda as the citizens, themselves.
One thing that makes life easier for outsiders is that we don't risk public execution for questioning what we're told by the country's Supreme Leaders. We don't need to believe that a unicorn lair was discovered there, or that Kim Jong-Il was responsible for the greatest round of golf ever, a 38-under-par round of 34, including 11 holes-in-one.
North Korean media reported that North Korea defeated Brazil 8-1 in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
A nice way of backing up their alleged 1-0 World Cup victory over Brazil in 2010. Back on Earth, North Korea failed to get past the group stages in 2010 and didn't even qualify for the 2014 World Cup.
Believe it or not, marijuana is actually legal.
Not only is weed legal in North Korea, it isn't even classified as a drug. In fact, a shopping bag of the stuff will set you back about 75 cents.
On average, North Koreans are two inches shorter than South Koreans.
This isn't a statistical anomaly, either. It is the result of poverty and poverty. This wasn't always the case, either. North Koreans were born in the 1930s, when matched against South Koreans have almost identical statistics.