› added 9 months ago

35

TIL that North Koreans abducted dozens of Japanese which they apologise for in 2002.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

D1njY TIL that Samsung is the largest privately-owned company in the world, with its $305 billion revenue equivalent to 17% of South Korea's GDP
R7AM8 TIL that solar power is the cheapest form of energy in history at $32.78 per MWh, and 62% of renewable energy sources are cheaper than fossil fuels overall.
a8V5A TIL about the British Post Office scandal in which hundreds of sub postmasters (people who run a post office in the UK) were criminally prosecuted and some put in jail on the charges of serious theft/fraud - when actually, it was a fault in the accounting software and the BPO tried to cover it up.
5YAR8 TIL the first case of artificial insemination by donor occurred in 1884 when a doctor took sperm from his "best looking" student to inseminate an anesthetized woman. The woman's infertile husband approved of the procedure, but the woman wasn't told what was happening.
GAVrg TIL that Scots law has a third verdict, “Not Proven,” where there is belief that the defendant is guilty, but the Crown has not sufficiently proven guilt. Or, as in the popular saying “Not guilty, but don’t do it again.”