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TIL in English, multiple adjectives are supposed to be listed in the following order: Quantity, Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, Purpose.

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KLR9 TIL that William Edmondson, the son of freed slaves, took up sculpting at age 55 after seeing a vision from God. He used found materials and made his own tools out of railroad spikes. Eight years later he was the first Black artist to have a one-man show at MoMA.
KOO8E TIL that the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season has been one of the most hyperactive and damaging in the satellite era.
69dr7 TIL that the name “Sahara” is derived from the Arabic word for “desert”. The Sahara desert is the desert desert.
ANaBo TIL corned beef was made by curing the meat with “corns” of salt
BeDL TIL that Samuel L Jackson was an usher at Martin Luther King Jr’s funeral