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TIL - The Big Mac Index has been published since 1986 as an unofficial method to measure Purchasing Power Parity between currencies

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kQD7 TIL that Bhutan measures its success not by its GDP but by its GNH, or gross national happiness
xVElD TIL that cashews actually grow on 20 feet (6 meters) tall evergreen trees, the nut we eat is part of a larger fruit called a cashew apple, and the exterior of an un-shelled cashew has the same toxins as poison ivy.
epaog TIL that the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina has what's called a "high representative" which is an unelected official chosen by the "Peace Implementation Council" after the Bosnian war. The high representative has the power to remove elected officials from their posts.
0wZaR TIL in 1977, a woman in New Mexico saw a burn mark in her tortilla that looked like the face of Jesus. She then built and ran the "Shrine of the Miracle Tortilla" until 2006 when the tortilla was dropped and broken during show-and-tell at a local elementary school.
P156e TIL the last Tsar of Bulgaria was deposed in 1946 and became Prime Minister 55 years after being deposed