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TIL that the South Korean baseball association banned players from placing a cabbage leaf under their hats during games. Except with the provision of a doctor's note in advance.

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yVojl TIL that some "Vampires" were buried with ropes full of knots, because Vampires could not resist the urge to untie knots and therefore would keep them busy for eternity.
X0xkR TIL the southward expansion of the Han dynasty was a series of military campaigns and expeditions by the Han dynasty in modern-day Southern China and Northern Vietnam. Military expansion to the south began under the previous Qin dynasty and continued during the Han era.
9YVkG TIL that the 2015 Waco biker shootout, which left 9 dead and led to the arrest of 177 bikers on RICO and murder charges each with $1 million bail, resulted in zero convictions after only one trial and all other charges were dropped.
kJkBd TIL leprosy is still around and affects approximately 200,000 people a year, but it's very curable, and requires months of close contact to contract it from another person.
Z8XJD TIL a dress was equipped with sensors to monitor how many times women were grabbed and touched at a night club without consent. The women actively asked not to be touched and moved away from men. The data showed they were touched nonconsensually 157 times in less than four hours.