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TIL that it used to be unlawful for South Koreans with the same surname and origin to marry and it was not until 2002 that this rule was amended

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OGoJg TIL that from the 12th century, Europeans were eating Egyptian mummies as medicine
OoXRg TIL Dr. Bagenholm fell face first into a frozen river while skiing and got stuck. Doctors revived her from being clinically dead which led to the development of therapeutic hypothermia, which has increased survival rates and brain function in many heart surgery, epileptic, and stroke patients.
oBLQA TIL O.J. Simpson was unanimously found guilty in civil court trial in 1997. The jury ruled against Simpson on each of the eight technical questions of liability it was asked to consider, questions that Simpson had avoided to answer at his first trial in criminal court.
jNrLj TIL that there is only one country that has never changed its flag: Denmark. Afghanistan has changed it 24 times, and there is only one country that has changed it more often: The US at 32 changes.
QNjx9 TIL: After 9/11, Queen Elizabeth II Had the Band of the Coldstream Guard Play The Star Spangled Banner