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TIL Alaska missed 11 days during the transfer from the Russian Empire to the US in 1867, since they switched from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar

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9KO7 TIL that the fuel efficiency of the Saturn V rocket was less than five inches/gallon.
ZpGe4 TIL In 2015, the Australian town of Nanango began rewarding drivers who passed a breathalyzer test a ticket to win a $500 lottery.
GYmvj TIL that Disney and Stampy (the Minecraft YouTuber) once had a partnership through Wonder Quest. Disney, alongside Stampy and others, actually made Wonder Quest. The studio was Disney’s Maker Studios, now called the Disney Digital Network.
ANgOa TIL that two different women with no known connections attempted to assassinate then-president Gerald Ford within 17 days of one another in 1975.
woj8o TIL of Ida & Isidor Straus, a couple aboard the Titanic the night it sank. Isidor had a chance to join his wife on a life boat, but stayed behind to give his place away to a child. Ida, refusing to leave her husband behind, too left the life boat. They died together arm in arm when the ship sank.