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TIL Franziska Donner, the First Lady of the Republic of Korea from 1948 until 1960, was Austrian. She met Syngman Rhee at the Geneva Disarmament Conference. Despite a significant gap in age and backgrounds, as well as familial opposition on her part, they were married the following year in New York

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ep0Ab TIL The Mapuche of South America were one of the very tribes successfully resisting Spanish control, staying independent for over 300 years. They called the Spaniards "New Incas", because the successfully resisted the Incan Empire as well. They were only subjugated in 1883
OGYmg TIL This palliative care paper determined that a stream of air from a bedside fan relieves dying patients of dyspnoea (breathlessness/ shortness of breath) as equally as supplemental O2.
1ay77 TIL: The first recorded usage of BC/AD years was in the year 525 AD
Ool0e TIL that fast food chain KFC temporarily closed some branches in the UK due to a shortage of chicken supply. As an apology, they ran an ad that rearranged the letters on their chicken buckets to FCK.
546P TIL Matt Stone (co-creator of South Park) is only an O away from being an EGOT (emmy, grammy, oscar, tony award winner)