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TIL that Google maps won’t give driving directions in South Korea, due to a law that restricts the use of maps.

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VJ4D TIL the crew aboard the USS midway pushed $10 million worth of helicopters into the sea to allow a Cessna full of evacuees to safely land
D79e TIL that while marijuana is a Schedule 1 drug, cocaine is listed as a schedule 2 and therefore able to be used pharmaceutically.
b9GAj TIL explode and applause are both derived from the same word 'applaudo' - theatregoers in Ancient Rome would clap loudly to drive unpopular characters off the stage - or 'explode'.
8aEAa TIL In 2008, a man made $50,000, penny by penny, by opening thousands of fake accounts and pocketing the 1 or 2 cent verification deposits
9YRWr TIL Gene Roddenberry kept pitching a Star Trek movie where the crew accidentally prevents JFK's assassination; to correct this, Spock was supposed to become the man on the grassy knoll.