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TIL in South Korea, children under 17 are blocked from playing online games past midnight which is monitored by their KSSN (Korean Social Security Number).

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LkyVv TIL that since every baby girl is born with up to two million eggs in her ovaries, a woman who is pregnant with a girl is not only carrying her baby — but also the beginnings of her grandchild, and her diet and lifestyle can impact the make-up of the eggs in the child’s reproductive system.
ADPKw TIL red and yellow peppers are more expensive than green ones simply because they are left to ripen longer on the vine.
ADZDB TIL there in an organism which lives in the ocean floor, which reproduces every 10,000 years, and is perhaps millions of years old.
W7d1d TIL that one of the reasons for the title “Final Fantasy” is the fact that Square Enix was under threat of bankruptcy, meaning that the game may have been their last.
Mernb TIL that the smell of freshly cut grass is actually a chemical plant distress call, telling other plants to move the nutrients into the roots