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TIL Psy (K-Pop artist) paid equivalent to $442,360.50 USD in fines and served mandatory military service for ~4 years for Marijuana possession.

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G5W1 TIL if Bill Gates dropped a $100 bill on the ground, he’d earn more in interest in the 1 second it took him to pick it up than the actual act of picking it up and putting it in his wallet.
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