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TIL: The letters Q, W and X were illegal in Turkey for 85 years until 2013 because the letters were associated with the Kurdic language. Enforcement wasn't that strict for Western companies (like Xerox), but in 2005 a group of Kurds was fined 100 lira for holding up signs with the letters

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G7XQ TIL Today is really America’s independence day. July 2, 1776 was the day the United States declared independence from Great Britain. John Adams wrote a letter to his wife saying “the Second of July, 1776, will be the most memorable in the history of America.”
GARg TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the definition for “walrus” and many other W words in the Oxford English Dictionary.
AD0WB TIL - ChildLine has spent more than 25 years in making sure that an adult is at the end of a phone to help children tackle all kinds of serious issues, including bullying, neglect and violence at home to alcohol and drug problems.
rNREW TIL that American writer-producer Joe Bodolai (SNL and Kids In The Hall) moved to Canada in the 1970s to avoid being drafted for the Vietnam War.
pM18 TIL Jackie Chan is almost deaf in his right ear because of the injury he suffered while filming Armour of God.