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TIL Saudi Arabia didn't adopt the Gregorian Calendar until 2016.

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mxZ4Y TIL South Korea has a different age system. Koreans are 1 when they are born and all get one year older every new year's day.
YeVr TIL if a member of the US military or a US official is detained by the International Court in the Hague, the US has a law allowing it to invade the Netherlands to release them.
GBQ4 TIL the US Government considered nuking the Moon just to intimidate the Soviets
DQDgg TIL that while the US Men's "dream team" was dominating basketball in 1992, the women's team actually suffered its only Olympic loss in the past 40 years, and went home with a bronze
NlXe TIL of “I am Rich”, a $999.99 app which did nothing except state that you are rich. It was bought by eight people before being taken down by Apple.