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TIL South Korean criminal law applies to South Korean citizens throughout the world. Since gambling is illegal in South Korea, citizens cannot even gamble overseas.

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OJ17 TIL that the ignition on all Porsches is located on the left side of the wheel. This is because back when Porsche was primarily a racing team, the drive could save a fraction of a second by starting the car with his left hand, while simultaneously switching the car into gear with his right hand.
PLWE TIL The U.S. is the world’s only industrialized nation that taxes citizens who live overseas, even if their income is generated in a foreign country and they never return to America.
VrR0 TIL when Einstein was told of the publication of a book entitled, ‘100 Authors Against Einstein’, he replied: “Why one hundred? If I were wrong, one would have been enough.”
Zj0a TIL another human could be living inside you. Many people are biological “chimera” without realising it, because their body absorbed an unborn sibling soon after conception.
VMXr0 TIL pistachio shells take several years to decompose