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TIL in South Korea you can be convicted of defamation even if you make objectively factual statements. The sentence can be up to 3 years in prison and a ₩20 million fine ($17,830)

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QNDa6 TIL that there was an English painter who was also a chimpanzee named Congo, who produced 400 pieces of art by the time he turned four. His style was called "lyrical abstract impressionism" and Pablo Picasso was reportedly a fan of his work.
VBL8G TIL Cleopatra (69 BC - 30 BC) was born closer in time to the TV premiere of "Friends" (1994) than to the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza ( ca. 2490 BC)
wLV06 TIL: Viagra was discovered by accident. The drug (Sildenafil) was on trial as a blood pressure lowering medication but patients started reporting these raging boners as a side effect. However, they didn’t wanna return the samples and wanted to keep taking them you know, for science.
5Ye8B TIL that a Ugandan mother gave birth to a girl on a flight from Amsterdam to Boston, but the newborn was considered and processed as a Canadian citizen by customs as she happened to be born in Canadian airspace.
MeOXB TIL according to the Yu-Gi-Oh manga, Seto Kaiba acquired his 3 Blue Eyes by forcing one person into bankruptcy, by making deals with the mafia and forcing one person to commit suicide.