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TIL that Samsung is so big that they account for 15% of South Korea’s entire economy

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nWLoP TIL about unit 731, a Japanese prison camp that engaged in biological and chemical warfare experimentation that resulted in over 10,000 deaths
eJvJ TIL when Australia abolished their inheritance tax in 1979, a disproportionate number of parents died in the week immediately after the abolition went into effect, suggesting that many of their heirs were doing everything to keep them alive just long enough for the inheritance tax to expire.
1QB4 TIL of Jeffrey Stockbridge, a photographer who takes pictures of prostitutes and drug-addicts from Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia known for its drug abuse.
R7PE6 TIL that Pablo Escobar called off a hit on a man who had fatally shot a member of the Medellin Cartel when he found out that the shooter, Gianni Russo, had starred in The Godfather.
wLkwJ TIL that in 1872 Susan b Anthony was arrested for illegally voting. She was charged a fine of 100$ for which she refused to pay and never did.