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TIL Kodak used it’s own calendar for 65 years - 13 months a year, each with 28 days.

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jb8R TIL that John F Kennedy ordered 1,200 Cuban cigars just hours before signing the trade embargo in 1962.
VMxak TIL the outermost region of the Sun’s atmosphere, consisting of plasma (hot ionized gas), is called the “corona.” It has a temperature of approximately two million kelvins and an extremely low density. The corona continually varies in size and shape as it is affected by the Sun’s magnetic field.
Y7MNv TIL The actor who set the record for playing the same character the most number of times was Hong Kong actor Kwan Tak-hing, who played martial artist folk hero Wong Fei-hung in 77 films. The next closest actor is Christopher Lee, who played Dracula 10 times in his career.
QNXea TIL there's a new metabolic surgery that mitigates the effects of type 2 diabetes (DM2) and obesity in patients that is being done in Mexico (Surgery does not cure diabetes but it does control it.)
DQdQD TIL the number of banking tellers in the US rose from 300,000 to 600,000 with the introduction and spread of ATMs