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TIL February 31st is occasionally used on grave stones when the exact date of birth or death was unknown.

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Y7vKZ TIL Bahia incident, in which a Union warship captured a Confederate warship in Brazilian waters. As a result, Union Commander Napoleon Collins was court-martialed; his dismissal was never carried out because his actions were viewed as militarily helpful and popular in the North.
b60V0 TIL That the Big Mac Index is an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity between two countries, a theory created by the Economist in 1986
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