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TIL South Korea went from a 22% literacy rate in 1945, to a 87% literacy rate in 1970

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a8VY9 TIL Benzodiazepines were originally marketed in the 1960s for the relief of anxiety, stress and insomnia and became very popular with women of the time. The gendered cultural meanings of Valium, a well-known benzodiazepine, was cemented in the 1966 Rolling Stones’ song “Mother’s Little Helper”.
8wja TIL When Pink Flyod was completing “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” which was an exploration of their former band mate Syd Barrett’s mental decline, an overweight man with a shaved head and eyebrows entered the studio. He turned out to be Syd Barrett himself, who they had not seen in 7 years.
PY9ng TIL that in Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
9w70Q TIL, The only letter not used in the Periodic Table is the letter J.
e8X5 TIL the sunken wreck of a long-lost Second World War submarine, thought to contain the bodies of 71 servicemen sealed inside its airtight chambers, has been found by divers off the coast of Sardinia