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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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[–] [email protected] 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 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So they missed covid then right

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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