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TIL that due to the country’s ultra low fertility rate, South Koreans are projected to go extinct by the year 2750.

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1a1OO TIL Tom was originally known as "Jasper" during his debut, however, beginning from his next appearance in The Midnight Snack and onwards, he is known as "Tom" or "Thomas".
Y5AZ TIL there was a Jewish-Austrian doctor who didn’t charge Hitler’s family due to their economic hardship. Hitler had him protected and called him “Noble Jew”.
8adyb TIL that Doane Robinson, the historian who came up with the idea for Mount Rushmore, initially didn't want it to feature former presidents. Robinson wanted sculptures of Lewis and Clark, Buffalo Bill Cody, Chief Red Cloud and other Sioux warriors but the sculptor refused to focus on regional heroes
D5LV TIL there must always be a cyclone somewhere on Earth
5VDOD TIL about IIMSAM. A geopolitical entity recognized by the UN, but who's treaties all seem to be fraudulent, as well as their status in international law being practically nonexistent. One of their only confirmed treaties being with a micronation, and it seems as if this entity barely exist at all.