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TIL in South Korea, a woman obtained her driver's license on her 960th try.

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KYZKB TIL during the 13th century eating breakfast was said to be one of six ways to commit the fifth deadly sin of gluttony; and throughout the middle ages it was common to eat two meals a day - a larger meal that might include meat and wine around 11am followed by a lighter meal at dusk.
ADap7 TIL that the band Metallica played a show in Antartica so that they would become the first band to perform on all seven continents.
N7d76 TIL: A janitor at Kodak in the 1980s rose to be the company’s Chief Technology Officer
vPl0D TIL Lobsters urinate from their face. They also piss on each other's face to communicate social status
QJB49 TIL Ruth Hale was paid by Lucky Strikes to encourage women to join march “Light another torch of freedom” inviting women to smoke cigarettes out in the public