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TIL South Koreans consume the most hard liquor in the world

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w57P TIL that the Spartans grew their hair long, because “Long hair adds beauty to a good face, and terror to an ugly one” according their leader, Lycurgus.
5PA8 TIL Before the adoption of the word ‘penis’ into the English language, the penis was referred to as a 'yard’.
BgbNy TIL that Ginger Spice's (Geri Halliwell) famous Union Jack dress worn at the 1997 Brit Awards was a black mini dress that she thought was boring, so she asked her sister to sew a union jack tea towel to the front of it.
Br7nD TIL that at one point in the 1990's, 50% of all Compact Discs production in the world was dedicated solely to creating AOL sign-up discs.
pZRA TIL that Jeffery Dahmer’s father was seconds away from opening a metal box that contained a head and penis of one of Jeff’s victims, but was convinced by his son that the box contained only pornography.