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TIL South Koreans don't have to pay rent or buy their apartments

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16Qv4 TIL The title screen theme from Ocarina of Time was originally from the NES era. It was used in Mario 3 and the o.g. Zelda.
5YEv8 TIL North Korea has its own calendar system. The year is calculated based on the year of birth of its founder (Kim Il-Sung).
oRDAL TIL that in 1864, a war was fought over bat poop. In the Chincha Islands War, Spain fought with Peru over control of a group of islands covered in bat poop up to 100 feet thick. Guano, when dried, was used as the one of the main ingredients of saltpeter, an early important component of gunpowder.
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