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TIL: Due to South Korea's low fertility rate its population is predicted to start declining next year.

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O4EX TIL that Alan Shepard, the first American in space, wet his spacesuit before getting there—which opened up a whole new research field—space urination
NXOJ TIL that Clerks was originally rated NC-17 solely because of its graphic dialogue, until Alan Dershowitz (Harvard Law Professor and major civil rights advocate) convinced the MPAA to lower it to Rated-R
WdQY TIL just 16 years after being forcibly relocated on the Trail of Tears, the Choctaw Nation donated $170 to help the starving victims of the Irish potato famine in 1847
yZjp TIL “backwards american flags” on airplanes and military uniforms are worn with the stars in front to “give the effect of the flag flying in the breeze as the wearer moves forward.”
7177 TIL Glenn Howerton, of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, was born in Japan, is the son of a decorated fighter pilot, is fluent in Mandarin, Korean, French, Spanish and can speak some German and Farsi, and considered studying Aerospace Engineering at Auburn before pursuing acting