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TIL that Ethiopia has a unique calendar which is 7-8 years behind the rest of the world. The current year in Ethiopia is 2017.

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8ebNP TIL that in 2005, Lionel Messi almost played for the Spanish national team, but he declined the offer and waited for Argentina to call him up!
X0rrE TIL two men robbed banks with their faces covered in lemon juice because they thought it would make them invisible to security cameras. This led to the Dunning-Kruger effect: people with limited ability in a topic believe they excel.
RaO8 TIL Isaac Asimov described Carl Sagan as “one of only two people he ever met whose intellect surpassed his own.”
m1rjo TIL that humans can maintain only around 150 stable relationships, a concept known as 'Dunbar’s Number'. This theory, proposed by anthropologist Robin Dunbar, suggests that cognitive limitations restrict the number of meaningful social connections we can sustain.
XpPX TIL ABBA turned down 1 billion US dollars to do a 100 concert reunion tour