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TIL In South Korea the island of Yeouido, which contains Seoul’s main finance and media districts, is often used by South Korean media as a means of comparison for measuring an unfamiliar area.

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neV6r TIL that ancient Egyptian cats enjoyed a sacred status because of their utility as domesticated animals against various pests, mice, and snakes. The cat goddess Bastet was popular and the temple of Bastet was erected in her honour. The cats were mummified after death and buried in the temple.
vPenj TIL of Jackass Annie Road. In 1954 doctors told "Jackass Annie" Wilkins (63) of Minot, Maine that she would soon die. Wanting to see California, she rode a horse there and back over 17 months. Wilkins wrote a book about her adventure and lived until 1980. Minot renamed a street after her.
mxjvM TIL The yellow jumpsuit worn by Bruce Lee is the same jumpsuit worn by Uma Thurman in Kill Bill
VRG8 TIL of Thiess of Kaltenbrun, a man accused of being a werewolf, who escaped death by fire in 1692 by claiming that he was sent by God to fight the devil and his witches
Bg0RW TIL under the care of the unconventional Dr. Theodor Morell, from 1936 to 1945 Adolf Hitler was administered 74 different medical substances (in 28 different mixtures) for various ailments, including an injection of methamphetamine to fight grogginess.