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TIL that two companies represent 35 percent of South Korea’s GDP: Samsung (23%) and Hyundai (12%)

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4kRv6 TIL that preference of lethal methods is not the only cause for higher suicide rates in males
wL9AJ TIL the Casio F-91W is the most commonly used watch for bomb making
EgVY0 TIL of Alexander Selkirk (1676 – 13 December 1721) who was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway (1704–1709) after being marooned by his captain, initially at his request, on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean.
wo8wJ TIL crocodiles can gallop like a horse
P140e TIL T.E. Lawrence's (Lawrence of Arabia) death in a motorcycle accident made one of his doctors study what he saw as the unnecessary loss of life by motorcycle despatch riders through head injuries which led to the increased use of crash helmets by both military and civilian motorcyclists