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TIL South Koreans consume the most hard liquor in the world

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54WB [TIL] Despite red and black being the most common colours, there are OVER 4,000 different types of Ladybirds. (ladybugs for the Americans out there) They use their feet to smell things and their blood is orange too.
4X1W5 TIL Mark Harmon's sister was married to both Ozzie Nelson's son AND Grant Tinker's son. She is also the mother of actress Tracy Nelson and musicians Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, who professional are a duo called Nelson.
VM9r4 TIL of Ruswarp. Pronounced Russup, he was a 14 year old border collie who stayed at the side of his fallen master for 11 winter weeks on a Welsh mountainside. He lived just long enough to attend his master's funeral. Now his statue looks across the countryside where he once walked.
W76K8 TIL that elements of the ancient Mesopotamian religion (first formed in the 6th millennium BC) may have survived until the early 20th century. The Shamsīyah, a sect of sun-worshippers, persisted in southeastern Turkey (sometimes outwardly adopting Christian customs) until the early 1900s.
Ae1g TIL the Star Wars expanded universe featured an elaborate backstory for Han Solo’s pants