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TIL in 2001, the Japanese emperor admitted the ancient Korean blood (Baekje royal family) in the “unbroken” imperial line of Japan, and Korean influence in the formative years (7~9th century) of Japan. In Korea it became front-page news, while in Japan most media stayed silent

by whatilearned September 1, 2022, 7:55 pm

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TIL about Nasubi, a Japanese comedian that participated in a reality show where he needed to win 1 million yen exclusively via mail-in sweepstakes. This was his only way of procuring food or clothing. It took him 335 days. He was then taken to South Korea, where they made him do it a second time.

by whatilearned August 28, 2022, 2:53 pm

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South Korea adopted color TV 6 years later (1980) than North Korea, only after the dictator Park Chung-hee’s death. Park was concerned that the sense of wealth gap would be widened by color TV. However, some say that color TV just did not suit Park’s stoic and militaristic aesthetic taste.

by HistoryBuff August 13, 2022, 9:09 pm

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TIL North Korea had a higher GDP per capita than South Korea in 1970

by whatilearned August 7, 2022, 12:19 pm

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Assassination of Park Chung-hee (dictator of South Korea) in 1979 triggered by a chain of events that started from a labor strike by female factory workers

by HistoryBuff August 5, 2022, 3:56 am

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TIL that US is a neighboring country of South Korea and Japan because of Guam, a full fledge US territory with 168 thousands inhabitants despite it’s not even on the same side of the Earth with continental US.

by whatilearned July 25, 2022, 1:07 am

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TIL about Draisines: pedal-powered rail-cycles. They are used for recreation on unused railway lines in Europe, South Korea & the USA. In the United States, tours have operated in several states nationwide: CA ME, OR & the Adirondack Mountains (NYS). They used to be used for railway maintenance.

by whatilearned July 7, 2022, 9:15 pm

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TIL South Korea made a remake of 12 Angry Men for their countries first jury trial.

by whatilearned July 7, 2022, 6:22 pm

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Nobody has brought a better image to Korea than BTS

by CopyPastaArchive July 6, 2022, 1:06 pm

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I am half Korean. My father is originally from South Korea. My mother is also from South Korea. And I lost the bottom half of my body in a car accident.

by cringeyjokesman June 30, 2022, 9:01 pm

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TIL that in South Korea, Spam is considered a luxury food and is often used as a gift.

by whatilearned June 30, 2022, 2:52 am

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TIL during Japanese invasions of Korea in 1590s, Ming Dynasty sent military support to Korea, which included 300 monkeys that were trained to ride horses; used as confusion tactics to run towards Japanese army to leave them dumbfounded (sorry, couldn’t find any translations in English)

by whatilearned June 29, 2022, 3:40 pm

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