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TIL that wearing jeans is illegal in North Korea.

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QyRM TIL in 1953, a US Scientist named Frank Olsen was administered LSD without his knowledge as part of the MKULTRA program. A week later, Olsen ended up dead. The CIA claimed Olsen jumped from a hotel window, but later paid the family $750K and a 2nd autopsy revealed he was likely assassinated.
6XgY TIL that during President Jackson’s inaugural ball, the party goers were so rowdy that White House attendants had to put huge tubs of liquor outside to lure people out of the building.
OGLJR TIL The firm who repaired seat covers on San Francisco's BART trains started paying people to slash the fabric, eventually accounting for 85% of vandalism reports
1a4P4 TIL that in many countries, such as China or Brazil, it is considered bad luck to place your purse or wallet on the floor because it will cause you financial distress or misfortune. This is because it shows you do not respect money.
QN0eE TIL The Great Mississippi Flood of 1993 was caused intentionally by the perpetrator James Robert Scott so that he could party free of his wife's interference!