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TIL you must have a BMI of 30 or less to adopt a child in Korea

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gMxZ4 TIL that in 2019 the Topps trading card company released a set of baseball cards that also had Charles Martinet (Mario's Voice Actor : Card 171) and Ben Schwartz (Sonic's Voice Actor in the Movie : Card 173).
BrxBD TIL the first ever photocopier, the Xerox 914, caught fire so frequently that a “scorch eliminator”, asmall fire extinguisher, was provided with the copier.
loLKA TIL singer Connie Francis was Italian-American, her real name was Concetta Franconero.
jBpa TIL ‘Public School’ has the Opposite Meaning in the U.K. compared to the U.S.
oBabo TIL Tsar Peter the Great had a fondness for anatomy and often attended medical dissections. So after having his mistress Mary Hamilton beheaded, he picked up the head, gave a lecture about its anatomy, kissed its lips, then dropped it to the ground. Peter also had his own son tortured to death.