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TIL there are four countries in the world which are yet to adopt the Gregorian calendar: Ethiopia, Nepal, Afghanistan, and Iran.

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kO1wB TIL that Beretta, the maker of the famous Beretta 92 9mm pistol, was founded in 1526 and has supplied arms to every major European war since 1650
X0kZX TIL In 1971, Alan Shepard hit a golf ball on the moon. He made four swings, “a shank” with the third, and on the fourth swing he caught the ball flush. “Miles and miles and miles,” he said to the TV audience
b6DP9 TIL hibernation during summer months is called aestivation
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