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TIL The international parking sign was first designed for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam

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Ype7G TIL 90% of Korean boys have to go to the Army before they hit 25
5YnR9 TIL Andre Kasongo Ilunga was the rising star of Congolese politics in 2006. Just 34, he had risen from obscurity to be appointed minister for foreign trade in Congo's first democratic government, despite being completely fictional.
BrKre TIL There are still people all over the world receiving money from the German government for their help during WWII
m9yp TIL a healthy coral reef will sound like popcorn popping
jNyVj TIL Celine Dion hated “My Heart Will Go On” on first listen. Her husband convinced her to record a demo & she “wanted to choke” him for committing her. She recorded the demo in 1 take on a day she didn’t feel good. Everyone in the studio was “getting chills.” That demo track ended up in the movie.