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TIL There was a Dinosaur with Four Wings

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Egv8w Today I Learned.In Taiwan (which uses Chinese as the official language), they do not use the Romanization system, they teach an additional "注音符號" (Zhuyin Fuhao). It consists of 37 characters and five tone marks, which together can transcribe all possible sounds in Mandarin Chinese.
PYVbZ TIL the first president of the United States is technically John Hanson under the Articles of Confederation in 1781
yQ6av TIL of Elizabeth Van Lew. After her father died, she and her mother freed all his slaves. She then used her inheritance to free some of the slaves' relatives. During the Civil War, she operated a spy ring. When Richmond fell to the Union, she was the 1st person to raise the Union flag in the city
p89mO TIL Total Solar Eclipse helped prove Einstien right about Relativity, making him an instant celebrity.
E1b9w TIL that the name “Karen” (apart from its slang usage in the past few years) refers to an indigenous, primarily farming people living in villages on the border between Thailand and present-day Burma (Myanmar), as well as the languages they speak.