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TIL 90% of Korean boys have to go to the Army before they hit 25

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j6wZp TIL of Annie Besant who was a British woman that was elected as president of the Indian National Congress, in late 1917
VMNEm TIL "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (or "Black National Anthem") was publicly performed first as a poem as part of a celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday by John Rosamond Johnson.
knA5 TIL that Miyamoto believed “donkey” meant “stupid” in English, and assumed the name Donkey Kong would convey the sense “stupid ape” to an American audience. When he suggested this name to Nintendo of America, he was laughed at, but the name stuck.
0wovp TIL that there's no words in Spanish that started with the letter W.
PYOan TIL That Disney was forced to abandon its policy of letting disabled people skip lines in its theme parks, after rampant abuse of the rule by people hiring disabled “tour guides” to skip waiting for rides. These guides sometimes charged up to hundreds of dollars per hour.