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TIL Saudi Arabia didn't adopt the Gregorian Calendar until 2016.

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6E7kY TIL Henry Ford bought an area of Brazilian rainforest the size of Connecticut to build 'Fordlandia', the greatest rubber plantation known to man, where alcohol, women and football were banned. It produced almost no rubber, immediately descended into rioting and disease, and was abandoned
Wgn4 TIL a man called Silvio Gesell once created ‘free money’ that depreciated over time. This money brought a german town out of an economic slump and eventually became accepted by banks.
5RjB TIL that pilots and flight crews are federally classified by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as “radiation workers” and receive higher doses of radiation than all other US radiation-exposed workers.
a8peZ TIL Don Featherstone, creator of the plastic pink flamingo, died of Lewy Body Dementia. The same disease that took Robin Williams.
Z6mR TIL that the Japanese imperial succession law barring women from the throne is only about 140 years old, and not ancient tradition. The rule was changed when Japan was modernizing to match Prussia’s succession rules, as Japan looked up to the rising European superpower.