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TIL South Korea sells "mini studying rooms" for your home.

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v1BXK TIL Colombia was the only Latin American country to send soldiers to aide The United States in the Korean War. They sent 5,100 men in what was known as the “1st Colombian Battalion”. They were rewarded for their “exemplary performance” during Operation Nomad and Operation Thunderbolt.
9y96 TIL: The “teacup pig” fad was just a scam that sold baby piglets to unsuspecting buyers. Paris Hilton bought one off the internet and now owns a massive mama hog
76N7 TIL That on September 10th, 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gave a speech that $2.3 Trillion of Pentagon funds had been unaccounted for, a figure that equated to $8,000 per US citizen that could not be traced to any transactions.
v1Y07 TIL actor Rob Riggle was a Marine for 23 years, was a lieutenant colonel, and has received a combat award for his service in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Liberia.
4k1jw TIL that voice activated locks that promised to only open if the correct person spoke the correct password into a microphone have been around since 1908