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TIL there are four countries in the world which are yet to adopt the Gregorian calendar: Ethiopia, Nepal, Afghanistan, and Iran.

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PVYO TIL the organization that runs U.S . presidential debates is independent of the government and owned by the Republican and Democratic Parties. It has been criticized for negotiating secret contracts between candidates, excluding third parties, and “perpetrating a fraud on the American voter.”
6AQW TIL that in 2001 a man died from injuries caused by a shooting in 1966; his death was ruled a homicide, despite it occurring 35 years after the death of the shooter.
7jBO TIL dodo birds were not dumb but friendly to people, and that is what led to their demise.
ANQna TIL that Bertha Mulvihill a survivor of the titanic had written stuff like: “What time did you hear of the disaster? I AM SO GLAD I WAS IN IT… The scene was awful. Don’t think me mad to be happy to witness the sight… I am awfully happy-like the night I was born-never felt happier in my life”
78agp TIL a Berlin-based artist tricked Google Maps into thinking that a completely empty street was bursting with traffic by filling a wagon with 99 smartphones, opening Maps navigation on all of them, and then slowly pulling the wagon along Berlin streets.