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TIL The Hunt for Red October was (very loosely) based on a real story!

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6MGZ TIL that the Darian calendar is a proposed system of time-keeping for Mars. The year is divided into 24 months of four weeks; each week has seven days: Sol Solis, Sol Lunae, Sol Martis, Sol Mercurii, Sol Jovis, Sol Veneris and Sol Saturni.
l7DbV TIL about SSR codes- embedded into airline bookings which pass information on to the staff. Examples include CENT (passenger is 100+ years old), FRAV (put on first available flight) and VOML (vegetarian oriental meal)
yQgrM TIL of a sport named archery tag, a dodgeball-esque game that use foamed tipped arrows
PYdpJ TIL that women in Cuba have equal constitutional rights as men in the economic, political, cultural and social fields, as well as in the family. Women hold 48.9% of the parliamentary seats in the Cuban National Assembly.
v1aer TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza was already 2,500 years old when Cleopatra was ruler.