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TIL over 98% of Korean households have a special kimchi fridge

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8eG6P TIL that Saudi Arabia planned a bid to host the 2030 World Cup with Greece and Egypt and offered to fund the construction of new stadiums in Greece for the tournament. But, because of controversy for accusations of sportswashing Saudi Arabia's poor human rights record, planning for the bid ceased
QNN0E TIL that the finish military had a swastika as their logo up to 2020 when pressure made them reconsider the logo
80rG TIL Mordechai Vanunu, a nuclear technician in Israel and anti WMD activist leaked a photograph to the British press of evidence Israel had nuclear weapons. He was later tracked by Mossad, drugged, bound, thrown in a bag and renditioned to Israel for trial.
9wWB6 TIL that the French statesman Tallyrand lived for two years in the United States during the French Revolution, meeting Benedict Arnold by chance and living in the house of Aaron Burr. When Burr moved to France in self-imposed exile ten years later, Tallyrand refused to return the favour.
7r0Gp TIL two of the most popular database systems (MySQL and MariaDB) are named from their founder Michael “Monty” Widenius's daughters My and Maria.