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TIL that Myanmar (Burma) doesn’t use the metric system, but it doesn’t use the imperial system either, instead, they have their own system of measurement called the Burmese system

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8aod4 TIL that despite Russia's major influential role in geopolitics, the country possesses an economy smaller than South Korea or Canada
p5YN TIL Fred Phelps, founder of the anti-homosexual Westboro Baptist Church, was excommunicated by his own church just before his death for advocating being kinder to members.
VrK0 TIL that Caddyshack was improvised so much that the initial cut was about 4 ½ hours long (Bill Murray’s “Cinderella Story” monologue alone was over 30 minutes long), and had to be edited down.
0rXv TIL CAPTCHA stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
ly1V TIL Plans were in place to sever all communication w/ Astronauts on the moon if they had been stranded by a technical failure.