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TIL that golf will be an Olympic sport in 2016

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MJoW TIL more than 300 people died in a supermarket fire because the owners shut the doors in order to prevent people from fleeing with merchandise without paying for it.
lobWr TIL The South Korean government has decided that kimchi should no longer be referred to as pàocài (“pickled vegetables”) in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, but should have its own name, xīnqí, to distinguish it from other types of pickled vegetables
xVE45 TIL that for every bird killed by a wind turbine, coal kills over 2,000
grANW TIL Dina Sanichar was raised by wolves in the Uttar Pradesh jungle in India until hunters found him in 1867 at the age of 6. He never learned to interact with another human being.
WB1L TIL Google became more valuable than Russia’s entire stock market back in December 2014