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

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LDvm TIL Balamurali Ambati graduated medical school at the age of 17 to become the world’s youngest doctor. He completed his undergraduate studies at the age of 13.
N78GM TIL Hawaii is the birthplace of the Modern Chinese Revolution because Sun Yat-sen established the Revived China Society to overthrow the Qing Dynasty there. His brother Sun Mei was one of the wealthiest Chinese in Hawaii and sold all of his properties and businesses to support the Revolution
NXdKQ TIL that in 2009, a 52 year old man used forged papers to enroll as a high school student at Waterford High School.
x6E10 TIL the largest national park in the world is Northeast Greenland National Park, also the world’s northernmost national park.
j6wBv TIL that despite it being one of her best known songs, Doris Day hated performing "Que Sera, Sera", calling it "a kiddie song" and considered it inappropriate for the film it was written for, The Man Who Knew Too Much (which is about a kidnapped child). She eventually refused to ever sing it again.