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TIL Korea has 40% of the worlds dolmens (a type of megalith) It is unknown why so many are in the peninsula

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5wDk TIL the Adidas and Puma clothing companies were founded by two brothers who feuded until their deaths. (Bonus: they were both members of the Nazi party).
6ZJl TIL MTV’s “Clone High” cartoon was cancelled when people in India conducted a massive hunger strike after Googling a Maxim article depicting Gandhi, and coming across the cartoon, which featured Gandhi as a character.
OGLOe TIL that the word "Sideburns" came from the American Civil War Union General, Ambrose Burnside's unusual facial hair. They were originally named "Burnsides", but this was later corrupted to the word "Sideburns" that we know today!
7JPp Til Kevin Smith is Vice President of The Wayne Foundation, which fights against sex trafficking and exploitation of children. The name was his idea.
deGj TIL that the first settlers of Madagascar arrived from Indonesia several hundred years before the Bantu people of Southeastern Africa came to the island. As a result, the people of Madagascar have some physical features characteristic of Southeast Asians.