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TIL Turkmenistan banned non-white cars

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0dxRA TIL "La Catrina" - a skeleton that is the icon of the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) - was originally known as Calavera Garbancera. José Guadalupe Posada, the engraver, illustrated her in ostentatious attire to satirize the way the "garbanceras" attempted to pass as upper-class.
0wWPy TIL the reason we have 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 360 degrees in a circle is because the Sumerians used a counting system with a base 60, which was then passed on to the Babylonians.
KYlWJ TIL that Gall wasps lay their eggs inside growing acorns which cause abnormal bumpy growths on the outside of the acorn while also protecting the Gall wasp larvae inside throughout the winter
xd9b TIL that the “Tetris” tune is actually a 150 year old Russian folk song in which a street vendor flirts with a customer while haggling over goods.
woQKW TIL that the English (and later British) monarchs consistently styled themselves as King/Queen of France from Henry VI in 1422 to George III in 1801. The abolition of the French monarchy rendered the title useless.