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TIL that Turkey did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1926.

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16RoO TIL Kitum Cave, Kenya, believed to be the source of Ebola and Marburg, two of the deadliest diseases known to man. An expedition was staged by the US military in the 1990s in an attempt to identify the vector species presumably residing in the cave. It is one of the most dangerous places on Earth
ANQbg TIL of a mother Sloth bear, with two cubs, who successfully fended off two adult tigers back to back (photos included with article)
ymAv TIL on a clear dark night the human eye can detect a candle being lit from 30 miles away.
rRLwM TIL the actress who played Daisy Duke in "The Dukes of Hazzard", Catherine Bach, was required by network censors to wear flesh-toned tights under her Daisy Dukes
XEEgP The answer isn't so simple.