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TIL it is illegal to tattoo in South Korea if you are not a licensed medical doctor.

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kJoDg TIL in 1981 a fire at the Las Vegas Hilton killed 8 guests and injured hundreds. A busboy initially praised as a hero for warning guests of the fire was later convicted of setting the blaze. The busboy claimed he accidentally set the fire while smoking a joint on his break.
5Vnbp TIL According to his widow, Constanze, Mozart received the commission for composing his Requiem from a mysterious messenger who did not reveal the commissioner's identity, and that Mozart came to believe that he was writing the requiem for his own funeral.
M7Ao8 TIL about Lake Mega Chad which was an ancient lake bigger than the Caspian Sea
wLLLM TIL James Watson (co-discoverer of the structure of DNA), had to auction off his Nobel Prize Medal due to poverty. A Russian billionaire bought it for $4.1M and returned it stating, “a situation in which an outstanding scientist has to sell a medal recognising his achievements is unacceptable.”
dLPr TIL Matt Groening hated the Simpson’s/The Critic crossover episode “A Star is Burns”, believing that it “violates the Simpson’s universe”, and was an advertisement for The Critic. He even tried to get the episode pulled from the air, and removed his name from the credits when he failed to do so.