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TIL that two barber’s poles next to each other spinning in opposite directions are used to signify a brothel in Korea

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MeOy0 TIL photographer Kevin Carter, famous for his photo of a vulture stalking a starving toddler, committed suicide a few months after receiving the Pulitzer Prize for his photo. He told an interviewer that after snapping the photo, he “sat under a tree for a long time, smoking cigarettes and crying”.
dQ6r TIL the Queen of England can veto any law she doesn’t like and has real powers to dissolve Parliament, choose a new Prime Minister and even declare war.
8oNb TIL Neil deGrasse Tyson assisted DC Comics in selecting a real-life star that would be an appropriate parent star to Superman’s home planet Krypton. A red dwarf star in the constellation Corvus was chosen. Corvus is also Latin for “Crow” which is the mascot of Superman’s high school.
7rNYM TIL that when we eat something sweet and feel that momentary bit of pain at the back of the jaw, its because of the largest salivary gland (Parotid gland) going into overdrive to help with digestion.
OoQlg TIL Prisoners in Paris (1719) were set free on the condition they married prostitutes and moved to Louisiana in the United States