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TIL in his will George Bernard Shaw provided for a competition to invent an alphabet better suited to the English language than the Roman alphabet. The resulting alphabet is called the Shavian alphabet and is supported by Unicode.

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OGx6L TIL Arguably, the oldest extant European book is the Liber Linteus, an Etruscan book written on linen and dated to the 3rd century BC. The fabric of the book was preserved because it was used for mummy wrappings in Ptolemaic Egypt.
DQObD TIL George Washington prevented a military coup over unpaid back wages by putting on a pair of glasses to read a letter from Congress, explaining he was "almost blind in the service of my country.” Moved to tears, his officers compromised.
4XyVJ TIL Over half of road vehicles in North America have red turn signals, as opposed to amber.
kJo51 TIL despite Australia being known for its hot climate and white sandy beaches, the Australian Alps sees more snowfall during the winter months than some parts of the Swiss Alps
AD9vw TIL when filing for bankruptcy, ex-NFL Player Mike Vick personally elected Chapter 11 Bankruptcy as opposed to Chapter 7, so he would be able to pay back his debt almost in full. Paying $17.4 million of the $17.6 million he owed. “I didn’t want to stiff people who never stiffed me”