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TIL: North Korea used to buy full-page ads in the New York Times

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mxZ4Y TIL South Korea has a different age system. Koreans are 1 when they are born and all get one year older every new year's day.
b9RD0 TIL Rootbeer is popular in the US, bot not in Europe, because the substance (methyl salycilate) that gives root beer its distinct flavor, is widely used in European dentist mouthwash.
LJjm TIL In WW2, The Allies estimated German average monthly tank production using statistical analysis of their serial numbers. They were off by one.
QN919 TIL ancient Greeks used the term gymnosophist ("naked wise man") to describe the Indian philosophers they encountered who renounced materialism (including clothing).
XjMk TIL That Philip K Dick wrote the book The Man In The High Castle by consulting the Chinese book of divination, the I Ching. He used the I Ching to determine the direction of key plot points.