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TIL that Ethiopia has its own calendar that lags 7-8 years behind the rest of the world. New Year occur on September 11 or 12. The current year is 2015. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[-] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 6 points 1 year ago

Thailand has a similar one, but they are ~400 years in the future, so it's like 2466 or something.

[-] agentshags@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

So they missed covid then right

[-] dotmatrix@lemmy.ftp.rip 4 points 1 year ago

No, but it coincided with their year 2012. The Mayans were right all along.

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