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TIL South Korea grounds all planes and businesses are open later on the day in which students take the test used for admissions to universities

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Qxap TIL Fidel Castro, after 638 assassination attempts, mainly from the CIA, including exploding cigars and poisoned milkshakes, is still alive and kicking today at the age of 87
Bgv0b TIL in 1990, a Domino's Pizza owner in Washington DC noticed a record-breaking number of pizza orders from the Pentagon leading up to the Invasion of Kuwait. Similar increases happened leading up the Panama Invasion and Grenada Invasion; the intelligence leakage became known as The Pizza Meter
Z804v TIL that an opossum broke into a Florida liquor store and got drunk. A liquor store employee found the animal next to a broken and empty bottle of bourbon.It appeared disoriented, was excessively salivating and was pale. The staff gave it fluids and cared for her as she sobered up.
OoYy4 TIL Canada has the "Apology Act", whereby apologising to someone after an incident can't be used in court to establish guilt or liability of the person apologising.
JrDB TIL that Rodney Dangerfield replied when asked how long he would be hospitalized: “If all goes well, about a week. If not, about an hour and a half”