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TIL the letter “Z” used to be pronounced “izzard"

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awkBA TIL that King George V's doctor intentionally overdosed him with morphine and cocaine in order to meet the Times' press deadline of midnight
wog1E TIL that the longest place name in the world is in New Zealand and it has 85 letters. (“Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu”)
XZKk TIL, that the only time Elvis and the Beatles met, they were so starstruck that Elvis threatened to go to bed unless one of the band members spoke to him.
b0AZ TIL Ibn Al-Haytham, a Muslim physicist and scientist that lived during the Golden Age of Islam, is credited with the creation of the scientific method that has became the basis of Western science today.
p8DLe TIL Jim Varney appeared in-character as Ernest P. Worrell entertaining the press corps at the White House