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TIL Ampersand (&) was once considered 27th letter in the alphabet

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l7boA TIL on 6th November 2015, video game developer, Treyarch, included an encrypted Easter Egg message within it’s game, which has remained unsolved for exactly 10 years today.
BLvL TIL the first King to travel around the world was King Kalākaua of Hawaii
oB1Ao TIL that there was a blind bisexual goose who fell in love with two swans and helped raise 60+ of their babies
KYEYJ TIL: In Hollywood there is a person on set known as the Intimacy coordinator, whose job is to choreograph intimate scenes and ensure safety to actors while filming such scenes
ZE6v TIL the saying “cut of one’s jib” is because in the 17th century, the shape of the jib sail often identified a vessel’s nationality, and hence whether it was hostile or friendly.