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TIL South Koreans are required by law to use Internet Explorer for shopping and banking.

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6EZG8 TIL In Vermont public nudity is legal if you leave the house naked, but public disrobing is illegal
16MyW TIL that the word "robot" was first used in a play titled "R.U.R.," written by Czech writer Karel Čapek in 1920. The term comes from the Czech word "robota," meaning "forced labor" or "drudgery."
0d61p TIL that heavy water tastes sweet
W704B TIL the origin of the dance routine from Whigfield’s “Saturday Night” are unknown. Once she performed the song and to her bemusement people started doing it. It was not in her music video and she never knew about it.
nWGaW TIL the Swiss constitution of 1848 modelled itself on the US constitution, adopted fundamental rights and the separation of powers, but opted for a seven-member council instead of a single president to balance power regionally.