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TIL South Korea bans children aged under 16 from playing online games between midnight and 6AM under a so-called “Cinderella Law”

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l7WaG TIL the term Heimweh (homesickness) was coined in the 17th century for Swiss mercenaries. It was seen as a medical condition that supposedly only affected the Swiss—until the 19th century, when it was recognized as universal.
VWA8 TIL every time you hit the space bar, on average 600,000 people in the world do too.
D1vGY TIL humans make more than 9000 gallons of pee in their life time
nepAW TIL that snails can be left handed, where their shells are coiled counter-clockwise, and they can only mate with other left handed snails due to their genitals also being on the opposite side.
BrKPd TIL about Cachy, an ironically named poodle who fell 13 floors and fatally hit an elderly woman, killing both instantly. Edith Sola went to help and was fatally hit by a bus. Meanwhile, a man who witnessed Edith's death, had a heart attack and also died.