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TIL S. Korea has some of the strictest drug laws in the world. Citizens can be imprisoned 5 years for using cannabis, even in a legal area.

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EgnM0 TIL that part of Icelandic Christmas lore is that a giant cat, the Yule Cat will kill you if you don't give or receive clothing on Christmas.
5XwR TIL: In 1966, toy sellers were reluctant to stock Twister, which critics called ‘sex in a box,’ until a PR firm got Johnny Carson to play the party game with one of his guests, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor. Milton Bradley sold 3 million copies the following year.
rNyEe TIL about Mount Kumgang, a North Korean resort that was opened in 1998 for Southern vacationers during a time of increased North-South cooperation. However, South Korea suspended tours in 2008 when a SK woman was shot dead after wandering into an off limits area. It was later demolished in 2022.
1aPAV TIL that Lance Henriksen, who played the iconic role of the synthetic human Bishop in the 1986 film Aliens, was illiterate until the age of 30.
NOg6 TIL that when a domestic pig gets out into the wild, it will revert to a wild state in a matter of months, growing tusks, a hairy coat and becoming more aggressive.