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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 about the battle of chosin reservoir, which was fought during the Korean War at temperatures as cold as 36 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit)

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 9:55 am

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TIL there is an unclaimed Pokemon Go gym on the North Korean side of the Korean DMZ, a border zone filled with snipers, land mines, and armed guards.

by whatilearned June 23, 2022, 8:53 am

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TIL just after WW2, the US occupied two provinces of Northern China with 50,000 marines to repatriate the 600,000+ Japanese soldiers and Korean conscripts still in China after the war since neither Japan nor either side of the Chinese Civil War were logistically capable of doing so at the time.

by whatilearned June 13, 2022, 11:59 am

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TIL about Ttongsul, an ancient Korean medicine made from fermented poop of a 4-7yo child

by whatilearned June 13, 2022, 5:46 am

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TIL that the Squid Game Doll is named Young-Hee after a character in Korean textbooks similar to Jane in the Western world. It is also a real ornament used by a carriage museum and was only borrowed for filming the series.

by whatilearned June 13, 2022, 5:35 am

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TIL that dozens of “ghost ships” wash up on the Japanese coast every year, believed to be North Korean fishing vessels lost at sea

by whatilearned May 30, 2022, 5:31 pm

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TIL that Iced Americano is such a popular drink in South Korean that they just say “Ah-Ah” to order it (first letters from the Korean spelling 아이스 아메리카노 = Ah-isu Ah-mericano)

by whatilearned May 30, 2022, 4:42 am

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Korean words for playing Among Us

by CopyPastaArchive May 26, 2022, 10:56 am

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TIL that GPS(global positioning system) technology was originally restricted to military use. In 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down by a Soviet fighter aircraft after it had strayed into Soviet territory. US President Regan then authorized GPS use by civilians.

by whatilearned May 19, 2022, 8:20 pm

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TIL about the Horse, Sergeant Reckless. A Horse who served with the marines in Korea. She was able to haul ammunition by herself without a handler, would seek a bunker or lay down when under fire and received two purple hearts as well as other medals for her service in the Korean war.

by whatilearned May 4, 2022, 12:25 pm

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TIL that the Korean War never ended. Although the fighting between North and South Korea and their respective allies ended in July 1953 when the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed, no peace treaty was ever signed, and the two Koreas are technically still at war, engaged in a frozen conflict.

by whatilearned April 28, 2022, 5:29 pm

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