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TIL kimchi is so ubiquitous in South Korea that many households have a special fridge just for storing it. According to a consumer survey, this "kimchi refrigerator" is the #1 most desired appliance in the country.

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Nl11 TIL Weird Al put six seconds of screaming and loud noises at the end of his album “Off The Deep End” after ten minutes of silence to scare listeners into turning off their CD player.
4XgYX TIL about the Controversy surrounding the Four Color Theorem which states that every map can be colored using only four different colors. The remarkable theorem is the first that had to be proved using computer-assistance.
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