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TIL that France has the most timezones, even more than Russia!

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R7dv1 TIL of 'Friendship Albums', a tradition among African-American women in the early 1800s from the middle/upper class. Empty books were passed around their circle and filled with philosophical, political or creative writing and art. Extremely rare antiques, only 5 such albums are known to exist today.
LB4V TIL that chimney sweeps are considered a ‘good omen’ at a wedding. When King George III was on his way to the church for his wedding, he lost control to his horse and carriage. The only person brave enough to stop it was a chimney sweep. Chimney sweeps were then to be respected under Royal decree.
Zem4 TIL there is a 5 minute survey that predicts suicide risk in the person polled with a ~66% accuracy for 6 future weeks. It is called the “Hopelessness Scale”… and is exclusively available for around $60 from Pearson, a text book company that hyper-aggressively defends the survey’s copyright.
JYDM4 TIL that in 1823, Gregor MacGregor created a national currency and flag of the fictional republic of Poyais and got 250 investor colonists to buy land and travel across the world to a jungle island where most of them died.
X0pZQ TIL the national anthem of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is “Yumi, Yumi, Yumi”