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TIL Modern capital letters are derived from a style called uncial. This style was developed by monks when writing manuscripts because of its ease to write in.

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Mraa TIL the reason why we hate the recorded sound of our voice is because our skull changes the resonance of our voice from within and creates more bass. When we hear a digital recording of our voice, although slightly unfamiliar to ourselves, it’s exactly how other people hear it.
NXEGP TIL that when a Kazakh athlete won a sharpshooting competition in 2012, the organizers of the event organizers mistakenly played the parody national anthem from "Borat"
dDJE8 TIL In 1965, Jordan and Saudi Arabia peacefully swapped land, resulting in Jordan gaining 19 more kilometers of coastline and Saudi Arabia gaining more desert.
5VA4n TIL that autopilot was first invented in 1912
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