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TIL on May 19 2011, South Korea passed a bill that doesn’t allow children under 16 to play video games from 10:30 P.M. to 6:00 A.M

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5YPN9 TIL In 1992, Latasha Harlins a 15 year old black girl was shot and killed with $2 in her hand after a Korean store clerk wrongly thought she was trying to steal juice. Her killer received only a $500 fine and served no prison time. Korean stores were later targeted during the LA riots in response.