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TIL it takes 75,000 trees to print a Sunday edition of the New York Times.

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GYDlG TIL of Charles Bliss, who invented Blissymbols- a universal written language. It was a total flop, until in 1965 he discovered it was being used to communicate with kids with cerebral palsy. He promptly sued the small organization using it because they had made changes to aid in communication.
YpEyG TIL that because the two major seafaring provinces of the Netherlands in its Golden Age were Holland and Zeeland, the Dutch explorers originally named the largest landmass of Oceania Nieuw Holland (now Australia) and the two islands to the southeast Nieuw Zeeland (now New Zealand)
a50J TIL of Kilroy Was Here, a popular meme that originated with US soldiers in World War 2 that was graffitied on landmarks as the soldiers moved on
nWlad TIL that in 1536, Panna Dai, a nursemaid of the Heir of Mewar, sacrificed her son to save the Heir’s life. She made her son sleep on the Heir’s bed and covered him so that the assassin would think that he assassinated the Heir. It worked.
mxKNE TIL countries have credit ratings. Obtaining a good sovereign credit rating is usually essential for developing countries that want access to funding in international bond markets.