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TIL Korean writing system, despite looking complicated, consists of only 24 basic letters and can be learned in just one day

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x8r7 TIL September 1, 2014 is the 100th anniversary of the death of the last Passenger Pigeon
oRArA TIL that George Orwell participated in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939); after travelling as a journalist for reporting on the war, he later enlisted as a soldier against fascism. In the photo some of his comrades can be seen with Ernest Hemingway in the background (1937).
XEg8E TIL A tortoiseshell cat named Towser holds the Guinness World Record for most mice caught at 28,899. She was so famous that a statue was erected of her in the city where she lived, and her paw prints are marked on every bottle of Fairlie’s Light Highland Liqueur.
Oodya TIL that the word "pixel" is short for "picture element"
EgMaV TIL Byzantine emperors hired Vikings as guards. One of whom, Halfdan, left runic graffiti on the Hagia Sophia.