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TIL that South Korea plans to give robots their own city and theme park

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v1Q48 TIL Public news stations are legally required to play political campaign ads AS IS, even if they include libelous or blatantly false information.
6E7mJ TIL that there is a fish that can cause hallucinations when eaten. The Ancient Romans consumed it as a drug, and its name in Arabic means "the fish that makes dreams". Its effects are thought to come from the fish's diet of phytoplankton.
xVkNb TIL that brass and copper are used in door handles because they are slowly poisonous to many germs
v1ZnD TIL about DNP,a chemical that causes rapid weight loss in humans.It was prescribed to 100,000 people in the 1930s in the US and then discontinued after 2 people used 10x the recommended dose and died.It's being studied as potential treatment for obesity,Alzheimer's,Parkinson's diseases and epilespy.
QMNM TIL that banana trees aren’t actually trees, but giant herbs