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TIL that writing was likely only invented from scratch three times in history: in the Middle East, China, and Central America. All other alphabets and writing systems were either derived from or inspired by the the others, or were too incomplete to fully express the spoken language.

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78RLr TIL of Barry Prudom, who killed two police officers and used his SAS training to evade capture, beginning the then biggest manhunt in British history. Prudom was eventually killed after having been tracked by an SAS instructor.
xMa5 TIL that along with their rugby team “All Blacks”, New Zealand has a basketball team nicknamed “Tall Blacks”
kO8DW TIL that during the Great Depression, companies would print colorful patterns onto flour sacks so that women can make dresses out of them
ZGXQ TIL: We have a detailed plan for colonizing space, and we are a little behind schedule.
6erm TIL that doctors’ green scrubs help them see better in the operating room. Since green is on the opposite side of the colour spectrum it can refresh a doctor’s vision of red things. It also prevents distraction from ‘green ghosts’, an after effect illusion from focusing on red colours.