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TIL Psy was arrested for possession of weed in 2002 and couldn’t attend his grandfather’s funeral

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8eQkL TIL that in Japan, there is a hotel run entirely by robots. From check-in to room service, everything is handled by a team of friendly machines
4Xr8J TIL there's a surviving text of an 1121 law in Baghdad requiring all Jewish women to wear at all times: 1 yellow star on their head, 1 yellow star on their neck, a necklace w/ a lead plaque that said "Dhimmi" (ie "non-Muslim"), 1 red shoe, 1 black shoe & a bell on their neck or their shoes
WkxA4 TIL the infamous "Elephant's Foot", representing a mass of radioactive corium that formed at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, will remain radioactive for 100,000 years.
v16Rx TIL Mount Everest is a ticking poop time bomb:there are literally tons of human poop on Mount Everest, despite Sherpas bringing down 26 500 pounds of poop every season
XEydj TIL there is a Saint Lucifer, a Christian Bishop who lived in the 4th century. There is a church dedicated to him in Sardinia.