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

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8ayXX TIL John and Paul used to get the bus around Liverpool to ask strangers at their homes how to play chords in early Beatles songs.
dDaPr TIL that a 20th-cent scientist called Margarita Salas discovered the order in which messenger RNA is read, as well the existence of S Φ29 phage DNA polymerase. Through her work, she created a way to replicate trace amounts of DNA into quantities large enough for full genomic testing
naOP TIL Chinese officials throw out enough grain to feed 15% of the country after their lavish dinner banquets
QNlGk TIL about the Gulf rupee, which was issued by the Government of India and was equivalent to the Indian rupee. Between 1956 and 1966, it was the official currency used in areas that today form the countries of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the UAE.
BrY7W TIL William Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller's father and patriarch of the incredibly wealthy family, was a con man and snake oil salesman, and intentionally lent money to impoverished farmers to take their land