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TIL due to an error caused by a failed switch to the Gregorian calendar, Sweden had February 30th on their calendar in 1712 -

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Yp1w7 TIL citizens who work for the CIA are officers – not agents or spies. All employees, from operations officers, to analysts, to librarians and public affairs, are considered CIA officers. The operations officers recruit well-placed human assets with access to information. These spies are agents.
P0lJ TIL - There is a performance artist whose art includes eating human flesh in public places and is living proof that England does not have an anti-cannibalism statute. He has, however, been arrested for making earrings out of human fetuses.
EQg0 TIL The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million, which, when adjusted for inflation, is $118 million. Nearly $2.5 million less than what Real Madrid paid for Cristiano Ronaldo.
p85Ee TIL C418, Daniel Rosenfeld, Creator of the Minecraft soundtrack created a remixed version of the Stranger Things Theme song, which led to him writing and producing the theme song for the talk show Beyond Stranger Things
GNx4 TIL that Colorado mom faked son’s cancer for donations and collected $23,000