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TIL a book claiming "Koreans have less morals than the beasts and birds" sold over 470,000 copies in Japan and became the best-selling non-fiction title in 2017.

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7r5pp TIL about a golf course that straddles the Swedish/Finnish border. Hitting the ball from the tee on the sixth hole means your ball will technically fly for just over an hour, as it crosses the time zone between countries.
JYvZ8 TIL the moon appearing larger on the horizon is known as the Problem of Luna Mendex and is actually an illusion of the eye. The illusion can be broken by cupping your hand into a fist and looking through it at the 'large' horizon moon. It will immediately shrink in size.
j69MQ TIL that Horace Walpole, who wrote what is considered to be the first gothic/horror novel (The Castle of Otranto), was the son of the UK’s first Prime Minister, Robert Walpole.
LkAmp TIL Goldfish could grow up to 18 inches spacious conditions but for the fact they are kept in bowls which restricts growth. They are not small fish.
Kaoa TIL the Disney animated Jungle Book character, King Louie, is an Orangutan but in the live action version they changed him to a Gigantopithecus. Although extinct they once lived in forest throughout India, which avoids the movie perpetuating a geographic fallacy.