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TIL Zimbabwe’s bank balance was $217 at the start of 2013
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TIL That Napoleon demanded a method of communication that would not require light or sound. Therefore ‘Night Writing’ was developed as a tactile military code, but proved too difficult for Napoleon’s troops to learn and was rejected. Night writing became the basis for braille.
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TIL a traditional West African Voodoo Village was founded near Savannah, GA in 1970. They have a king, no electricity or water, no English before noon, drink chicken blood & consider themselves a separate nation from the US
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TIL France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands used GMT prior to WW2. The Germans changed them all to Berlin Time (GMT +1h) during the occupation and they never switched back. [Spain also changed in solidarity with Germany.]
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TIL the Romans reached the Chinese Empire, and established an embassy there.
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TIL The yellow jumpsuit worn by Bruce Lee is the same jumpsuit worn by Uma Thurman in Kill Bill