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TIL that K-pop is subsidized by the South Korean government, because every $100 in music sales increases exports of Korean manufacturing by $412

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yQpkM TIL that Coolio claims that he only agreed to make a cameo appearance in "Batman & Robin" (1997) because the studio promised to cast him as the villain in the next "Batman" movie if he did. According to Joel Schumacher, that villain would have been the Scarecrow.
oRNMA TIL There's a festival in Spain called 'El Colacho' where they lay newborn babies out in the street, after which men dressed in red and yellow costumes run and hurdle over them. This is meant to cleanse the babies of original sin and protect them in their future lives.
P7PE TIL Illusionist David Copperfield was robbed at gunpoint and used sleight-of-hand to hide his wallet, passport, and cell phone.
ZpkPv TIL That the word “Handicapped” (also in my native language “Handikappad”) originates from “hand in cap” and was used in hazard games during the medieval times. It ment that players put money in a cap as apart of the game.
wLgo6 TIL about the One-Cent Magenta stamp, which was sold at an auction for $9.5 million and is considered the most valuable object in the world.