› added 5 years ago

271

TIL in South Korea people under the age of 16 can't play online games between midnight and 6 a.m.

Read more edition.cnn.com

via reddit.com

Eg6Ww TIL the movements typically associated with Parkinson's Disease are actually a side effect of the medication Levodopa prescribed to increase dopamine and not PD itself; these movements are called dyskinesia, whereas PD causes stiffness, slowness and tremor
78klZ TIL that the Philippines, despite being a former Spanish colony, uses the Portuguese naming convention—where Filipinos usually carry more than 1 first name, their mother's surname (as the middle name), and their father's surname.
PYZaV TIL about Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Chris Wayne Jackson), former LSU star, and Denver Nuggets player, who lost his career and Nike contract for sitting during the National Anthem in the 90s.
YAw7 TIL that a hemorrhoid cream company once tried unsuccessfully to use Johnny Cash’s ‘Ring of Fire’ in a commercial.
oRZmE TIL that beavers have iron teeth - literally.