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TIL The Great Wall of China was reinforced with rice

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xVJ5w TIL the Ethiopian calendar is 7-8 years behind the Gregorian calendar, meaning that the current year in that calendar is 2012. It has a thirteenth month, consisting of five days, or six in leap years. Also, the first day of the year is on September 11, or on September 12 in leap years.
P1gDO TIL about the Slam Dunk (as in the name of the manga) scholarship, a program that lets Japanese students study in the US to become a professional basketball player
1WNr TIL Newman’s Day is a holiday celebrated in which one must drink 24 beers in 24 hours without throwing up or falling asleep
b67EQ TIL: Only two companies have a higher credit rating than the US Government, Microsoft and Johnson&Johnson
VBNb4 TIL that there was another Potato related famine that took place in Scotland around the same time as the Great Famine in Ireland.