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TIL: South Korea has a ‘Cinderella Law’ that forbids children under the age of 16 to play online video games from 12:00 A.M. to 6:00 A.M. to prevent them from excessive 'Internet addiction’

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E1XgX TIL that the owner of the Café de la Rotonde in Paris would allow starving artists to pay for their drinks with a painting or drawing. In the 1900s the walls of the cafe would have been casually adorned with works now considered priceless.
dDMer TIL that Winston Churchill nearly died after being struck by a car while looking the wrong way crossing New York's Fifth Avenue in 1931.
JrOl TIL that the UK can use nuclear weapons if BBC Radio 4 stops broadcasting.
0dylN TIL A city treasurer stole over $50 million over the course over over 20 years from a small rural town in Illinois, crippling the infrastructure due to budget shortages.
vvj TIL That There is a ight Bulb That Has Been in near-continuous use for over 110 Years, only time it was switched off was when it had to be moved and was given a police escort when it was switched between the old fire station and a new one in 1976.