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TIL, Koreans reckon the pregnancy period as one year of life for infants, and age increments increase on New Year’s Day rather than on the anniversary of birthdays. Thus, one born immediately before New Year’s Day may only be a few days old in western reckoning, but two years old in Korea.

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VGLB TIL JK Rowling’s parents met on a train from King’s Cross Station in 1964. Rowling used King’s Cross as a gateway into the Wizarding World.
kJvme TIL Aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont committed suicide because of the sight of airplanes flying over his city to bomb a nearby airport
D1PaY TIL: Roosters have built-in earplugs. It prevents them from damaging their hearing as they crow. When roosters open their beaks fully, their external auditory canals closes completely.
9YKNQ TIL: Sir George Everest did not want Mount Everest named after him. He objected that his surname could not be written in the Hindi language and that it was difficult for the locals to pronounce.
8ZmX TIL in 1988, a retired police officer found Cyril Smith, British MP with 144 accusations of child molestation and abuse, in a home with a sex offender and two drunk teenage boys. He was threatened to be prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act. Nothing happened.