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WTF Fun Fact 12775 – The Ethiopian Calendar

It’s 2014 in Ethiopia right now. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 12775 – The Ethiopian Calendar appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

WTF Fun Fact – The Great Green Wall

In 2007, efforts began to create the Great Green Wall in the Sahara by planting trees to stop desertification. Ethiopia … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – The Great Green Wall appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

Ethiopia adopted Christianity in 330 AD…

Ethiopia adopted Christianity in 330 AD, just 17 years after the Roman empire. Despite the rise of Islam, fall of the Byzantine Orthodox Church, and being cut off from all other Christians for centuries Ethiopia remained Christian. They remain the only majority Orthodox Christian African nation. The post Ethiopia adopted Christianity in 330 AD… appeared… Read More »