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TIL The last letter to be added to our alphabet was “J.”

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6nxm TIL there is a restaurant in Germany that has been operating since 1135.
m6PY TIL In 1969, Nixon wanted to slash the PBS budget in half, from $20 million to $10 million. Mr. Rogers himself went in front of the committee to talk about what his show accomplished. And ….in less than 5 minutes, the tide turned. Watch:
nOpb TIL the first of a set of twins, Samuel, was born at 1:39 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. His brother Ronan was born 31 minutes later just as daylight saving time had ended, making him 29 minutes older.
OZb7 TIL that ESPN currently pays the NFL about $105 million dollars for the rights to air each Monday Night game. That means airing one game costs more than the budget of Minority Report ($102 million) or a whole slew of other blockbusters.
m14lM TIL that in Iceland, "playing chess with the Pope" is a phrase that means to defecate.