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TIL that East Germany is believed to have made around 3.5B DM off West Germany by ransoming political prisoners

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ykra TIL that in 1999 a fisherman found a love letter in a bottle from a soldier in WWI. He returned the letter to his widow, who was still alive.
AD4Kw TIL about Room 39, a secret organization tasked with earning foreign money for the North Korean government. They are estimated to earn up to $1 Billion annually, allegedly being involved in drug trade, counterfeiting money, insurance fraud and workers exploitation. They also run a restaurant chain.
GxQ5 TIL that 150,000 condoms were provided to the athletes at the 2012 olympics, enough for each athlete to have protected sex 15 times.
BOrx TIL the song “Schism” by Tool has 47 changes in time signature throughout its runtime.
4XRdJ TIL Despite most of their job becoming automated, the number of bank tellers doubled between 1970-2010