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TIL of the Sampoong Department Store collapse - the 2nd deadliest building collapse in peacetime. The store manager refused to evacuate when told the building would imminently collapse, and served only 7.5 years in prison

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QNG8d TIL Iranian general Fathollah Minbashian was fired by Shah Pahlavi for being too resistant to foreign interests. After the Shah was overthrown, he offered to serve the new Islamic Republic, but they refused and ironically demanded that he report for the crime of collaborating with foreign powers.
aBRL TIL There are bugs who decorate themselves with the corpses of their consumed prey.
l7xeV TIL about Australian Rules Football, a rugby-esque contact sport involving an oval ball. It's played by two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground.
BgbYx TIL that in Fallout 4, the noodle-serving robot Takahashi, who only speaks one line, is voiced by Shinji Mikami, the creator of Resident Evil.
b6BVp TIL that the surfing events of Paris 2024 Olympics will be host in Tahiti (French Polynesia), which is 15,716 km from Paris