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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.

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LQ6Km TIL that in Goiânia, Brazil, in 1987 a radiotherapy device was stolen from an abandoned hospital. The people who found it broke it open, exposing the 93 g of radioactive caesium chloride and leading to the contamination of 250 people, 20 of whom experienced radiation sickness and 4 of whom died
LkkDQ TIL of Leo Major, a French Canadian soldier, one of three Commonwealth soldiers to receive the Distinguished Conduct Medal twice in two separate wars - the first for single-handedly liberating the City of Zwolle in WWII; the second for defending Hill 355 with 18 men against 14 000 Chinese in Korea.
P1gBw TIL Tupac Shakur and Jim Carrey were close friends. Tupac was a big fan of Jim Carrey's acting and formed a friendship. It was strong enough where Jim Carrey would frequently write to Tupac during his incarceration. The photo of them walking together seems like they enjoyed each other's company.
1XlO TIL that the Fallout drug Med-X was originally called Morphine, but was renamed to avoid a ban of the game in Australia.
kOjR4 TIL about Beate Sirota, an Austrian-born Jew raised in Japan. She was educated at the German School of Tokyo for six years, but her parents deemed it "too Nazi" and moved her to the American school. She helped write the Japanese constitution in 1946 ensuring equality for women is enshrined in law.