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TIL that in South Korea it is illegal to sell phones with unremovable software that is not critical to system operation or maintenance.

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Nm5N TIL that the earliest surviving depiction of Jesus portrays him as a donkey on a cross.
RGw7 TIL When Forrest gets up to talk at the Vietnam rally in Washington, the microphone plug is pulled and you cannot hear him. According to Tom Hanks, he says, “Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don’t go home at all. That’s a bad thing.
QJkje TIL That at one point the Romans banned formal speeches by candidates so the focus would be on policies