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TIL that Koreans send funeral flowers to celebrities and politicians they don't like.

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9Y6L7 TIL there is a guinness world record for "greatest robbery of a goverement" ,currently held by the dictator of the Philippines F.Marcos and his wife Imelda. It is estimated that they have embezelled up to 10 billion USD of which only 860 million have been recovered
E1lgx TIL about Hideki Okamoto who became Karate teacher for Syrian government after using Karate to resist capture by armed security for nearly an hour while inebriated
a8Po9 TIL a man legally changed his name to "Znoneofthe, Above" to provide a None of the Above option for elections (the Silent Z was to have his name appear last on the ballot). But when he contested the election, given names were listed first, rendering it as Above Znoneofthe.
a8LYL TIL that when the 33-story Book-Cadillac Hotel opened on December 8, 1924, it became both Detroit's and the world's tallest hotel. The hotel was built by brothers J. Burgess, Frank, and Herbert Book, who were on a mission to turn Detroit's Washington Boulevard into the "Fifth Avenue of the West."
w0Z1 TIL Bananas produce antimatter at the rate of one positron every 75 minutes.