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TIL - You do not want to diss MC Hammer or his Mother

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wLZWY TIL at the request of the US, South Korea sent more than 300,000 combat troops to the Vietnam War. Over 5,000 ROK soldiers died in Vietnam.
x6BrD TIL, that MacArthur Park featured in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was sung by the original Dumbledore himself..Richard Harris
6RaW TIL that the Catholic Church has an academy for sciences since 1607, called the Pontificate Academy of Science. They host meetings with scientists from all over the world to talk about the possibility of life beyond earth, the history of evolution, and much more.
neLwo TIL that the B/W dots that you see on TV, as well as the background "hiss" that you hear in-between radio channels are actually fragments of the Big Bang AKA "radiation leftover" or "cosmic microwave background radiation"
X0kxP TIL if you cut down a cactus in Arizona, you can go to prison for 25 years. This is similar to cutting down rare trees.