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TIL the opposite of “Chaos” is “Cosmos”

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9YGJM TIL that the letter K was effectively dropped from the Welsh language in the late 1500s, simply because the (English) printers didn't have enough Ks for the newly translated Welsh New Testament; the translator instructed them to use Cs instead and the convention stuck.
WRod TIL there was a 14-year old boy who died after the height adjustment cylinder on his chair exploded, shooting metal shrapnel into his rectum.
MeVAB TIL that Michael Phelps has more Summer Olympic gold medals than 80% of countries in history even when taking into account countries that no longer exist.
PYG9g TIL that the Mexico City Metro has a different logo/symbol representing all 195 of its stations.
R5L17 TIL that Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are the creators of Breakout, the iconic arcade game from the 70s. They built it as a single player evolution of Pong.