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TIL that only Swedes and Hobbits celebrate February 30th

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691oJ TIL about The Cube Rule of Food Identification through cuberule.com in which they explain what constitutes a sandwich (~3-5 minute read)
gJG7 TIL that in 1967 the London Bridge, built in the 1830’s and spanned the River Thames, was taken apart and the bricks were numbered to be reconstructed in Lake Havasu, Arizona.
e9NJ TIL a Swedish couple tried naming their son ‘Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116’(pronounced Albin) as a protest against the naming law in Sweden. It was rejected. They later submitted 'A’ (also pronounced Albin) but was also rejected due to a prohibition on one-letter naming.
a4OZ TIL that Uruguays president is a boss. He gave up the presidential palace to turn it into a homeless shelter. Lives in a one bedroom farm house. Gives 90% of his salary to charities. He spent 10 years as a PoW. Helped legalized abortion, marijuana, and same-sex marriage.
Br4wy TIL Nim Chimpsky was a chimpanzee raised like a human child by a surrogate family as part of a controversial project on animal language acquisition. During his lifetime, Nim learned over 125 signs, including "stone smoke time now" which Nim used when he wanted to smoke marijuana.