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TIL there is an international standard for writing the date called ISO 8601, that uses the format YYYY-MM-DD. Although it has been around since 1988, very few countries actually use it.

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oR9xo TIL of Tomtex, a fake leather made from chitosan, a bio-polymer extracted from waste seafood shells. Unlike other leather alternatives TomTex is not mixed with PVC or polyurethane
rRwOo TIL that croissants are not a French pastry but an Austrian one. They were originally created in Vienna to celebrated the Christian’s defeat of the Ottoman army in 1683.
0d9lv TIL that Chiasmus is used to create a persuasive or emotional effect on an audience and is found repeatedly in the Bible
G41G TIL In 1989, the Australian youth radio station Triple J played the song “Express Yourself” by NWA on continuous loop for 24 hours (360 times in a row) while the station went on a protest strike against censorship of NWA’s song Fuck Tha Police
WkAOd TIL of Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)- Located in the Western Desert in Egypt, this site contains the fossilized remains of whales that show their evolution from life as a land-based animal to becoming an ocean-going mammal.