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TIL that Z is the most common consonant in Polish.

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WkMpd TIL the blue star symbol on elevators is known as the Star of Life, and means that elevator is big enough to hold a stretcher
mZJx TIL at Gettysburg’s 50th reunion in 1913, a Union and a Confederate soldier stood where their regiments had fought and buried a hatchet.
M8Xm TIL there are at least 7 people alive today who could claim the title of King of Jerusalem.
BgO7L TIL that the planning documents for the lower Thames crossing (a proposed road crossing in England) are 359,866 pages long across 2,383 documents, and laid end to end would stretch 66 miles -- 5 times longer than the proposed road itself
Bgpre TIL: The IRS (USA) has specific tax codes requiring you to report money earned from selling illegal drugs, taking illegal bribes, and the fair market value of anything you stole as taxable income.