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TIL: El Salvador has the highest per capital consumption of Worcestershire sauce in the world

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4e15 TIL that the tallest building in Korea is not in super-booming South Korea, but in North Korea. The RyuGyong Hotel.
gXKy TIL: UK citizens can join the army at 17, but it’s illegal for them to buy a copy of Call of Duty.
KlWa TIL A man convicted of manslaughter, while drunk driving, settled out of court with the victim’s family for $936 to be paid $1 at a time to remind him what he had done to their daughter.
OnDg TIL George Washington quelled an officer insurrection by putting on a new pair of spectacles while reading a letter to the group stating “Gentlemen, you must pardon me. I have grown gray in your service and now find myself growing blind.” Many officers were moved to tears
1aB7W TIL that in 1998 Sony launched 700,000 camcorders which unknowingly had the ability to see through people's clothes. They were immediately recalled.