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TIL that in 1524, the letter “J” was the last to be added to the English alphabet; before that, “I” was used for both sounds.

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A7ko TIL Inventor of James Bond and all around bad ass ex-spy, Ian Fleming, also wrote the famous children’s book “Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang”, later adapted to screen by fellow ex-bad ass spy, Roald Dahl. Both served in the same British intelligence agency.
MeYx0 TIL that Roman Catholicism is the state religion of Costa Rica.
9eeG TIL that in 1909, dueling with wax bullets became popular. Defeated parties could be “theoretically pronounced dead… and the supposedly fatal results created general merriment.”
yVVrX TIL Japan has a lower obesity rate than North Korea
yVVRa TIL that there is strong evidence the US sent residents back to the bikini atol post testing of nuclear weapons as it "affords the opportunity for a most valuable ecological radiation study on human beings ..." the relocation resulted in many premature deaths and disabilities in newborns.