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TIL that Korean people use the phrase “my mouth is bored” to express the feeling where you want to eat simply because you’re bored and feeling like munching on something.

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LPKm TIL 1,140 people have been diagnosed with cancer as a result of “exposure to toxins at Ground Zero” from 9/11. Over 1,400 9/11 rescue workers who responded to the scene in the days and months after the attacks have since died.
6EbD7 TIL Yuan Shikai was elected the first official president of the Republic of China, and was active in establishing modern industrial, judicial and educational systems as well as unifying the currency. As a young man, Yuan was also sent to Korea as supreme adviser on Korean government policies
OA1X TIL that in 1987, someone hacked into a primetime episode of Dr Who dressed as Max Headroom. He was never caught
d57Q TIL Plato believes that people acquire knowledge of geometry before we were born, as we do not acquire the basic truths of math and science through observation so therefore our souls must have lived in a perfect universe before birth
0rKy TIL in Italy six scientists were charged with manslaughter because they didn’t predict an earthquake which killed 309 people.