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TIL Coachella started as a result of Pearl Jam boycotting Ticketmaster's fees.

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lLAr TIL that the Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, was introduced by King Sejong in the 1440s to improve literacy. The difficulty of Chinese characters favored privileged aristocrats, whereas Sejong’s phonetic alphabet allowed Koreans of all classes to learn how to read and write
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