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TIL that ‘you are my sunshine, my only sunshine’ song is actually pretty dark

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BkEr TIL the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, and possibly Indian alphabets are all derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs via the Phoenician alphabet.
1BrW TIL one in five men between the ages of 25 and 34 are living with their parents.
7r6PL TIL that Wellington awarded the Key to the City to a cat named Mittens, for "bringing happiness, laughter and coolness to the capital – and putting the city on the map internationally with his feline antics."
G6V4 TIL 90% of Paraguayans speak Guarani, a native American Indian language.
N7mBE TIL The National Spelling Bee titled 8 Co-Champions after running out of words in a 3.5 Hour Final. Starting with 562 Contestants, the Final Eight continued for 20 Straight Rounds of Spelling Words without any errors.