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TIL there is a specific order in English for adjectives to be placed and sound correct. The order must also abide by a specific sound pattern.

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abvN TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart who served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived two plane crashes and escaped a prisoner-of-war camp. He wrote, “Frankly I had enjoyed the war.”
W7QR4 TIL that Prey is the first ever feature film available in a full Comanche dub
yYkl TIL that an ocean line stewardess who survived the sinking of three ships: Titanic, Britannic, and the Olympic, made sure to grab her toothbrush while going down with the Britannic because it was the first thing she missed having after going down on the Titanic.
X0eDE TIL that roughly 90% of normal matter exists in the "empty" space between galaxies, with the remaining 10% existing in galaxies, stars, planets, etc.
J8Yl TIL Uneaten grain thrown out after the Chinese government’s fancy banquets could fully feed 200 million people – that’s 14.7% of its 1.35 billion people