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TIL North Korea has a higher obesity rate than South Korea

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PYxdJ TIL Ocho de Plata, the Spanish Dollar, was the first legal tender in the United States until the Coinage Act of 1857. In fact, equity shares were still quoted in eighths of a dollar until 2001; this was a legacy from the coin’s divisibility by 8, since each Spanish Dollar was worth 8 reales.
R7w6a TIL oh Herman Bing, an American-German character actor who played the Ringmaster in the original Dumbo. Bing's career stagnated due to World War II where anything related to Germany, such as the thick-accented Bing, was frowned upon, resulting in his suicide in 1947.
R5W9a TIL Polaroid instant photos were first only available in sepia. The company published magazine ads for their black-and-white film before it was available in 1950 and employees worked quickly to meet public demand
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