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TIL that the country of Kiribati has the most advanced time on Earth (UTC+14 hours), and the entire country is spread across all four hemispheres in an expanse of ocean equivalent in size to the continental United States.

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nerP7 TIL Wyoming was the first state to grant women suffrage, because Republicans were in favor of former slaves’ rights to vote, and Democrats hoped that if they allowed women the right to vote, they would stay faithful to the party that granted them that right.
YpoNZ TIL that in 1991, a prophet in Nigeria decided to reenact the bible story of Daniel in the lion's den, trusting God would protect him. It did not go the way he hoped.
wLQY6 TIL that Michelangelo hid under the Medici Chapel in Florence for 3 months during a period of political turmoil, occupying his time by sketching on the walls with charcoal. His whereabouts were a secret for almost 500 years until the museum director stumbled upon the drawings in 1976.
7N9M TIL the first male sex symbol in Hollywood was a Japanese actor, Sessue Hayakawa. While a student at the University of Chicago, he played quarterback for the football team and was once penalized for using jujitsu to bring down an opponent.
a8wOL TIL the first ever episode of Doctor Who was largely overshadowed by the assassination of John F. Kennedy a day prior.