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

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9wnED TIL: Saudi Arabia produced a school textbook in which Yoda was superimposed on a photo of the late King Faisal.
49Do TIL Muhammad Ali once invited Billy Crystal to go on a run with him at a local country club. Crystal replied that he’d love to, but Jews were restricted. Ali never went to the country club again.
JYwZQ TIL Chilly Bang! Bang! was a kids' juice in a water pistol. Kids would put the barrel in their mouths and pull the trigger to drink it. It was pulled from store shelves.
GYDb1 TIL Adolf Hitler's personal chauffeur and close confidant, Emil Maurice, was Jewish. He was also one of the founding members of the SS. After uncovering of his Jewish heritage, Hitler declared that he was an 'honorary Aryan' and prevented him from being expelled from the SS by Himmler.
wL0nJ TIL during the American Revolutionary War the British offered freedom to any slave who fought for them under the badge 'Liberty to Slaves'. Despite the British defeat the promise was kept.