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

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ZpVDo TIL of lake Natron in Africa, it’s so alkaline and toxic that is slowly turns any animals or remains into stone.
PYm6E TIL that the name Vermont comes from the French "verd mont" meaning green mountain.
kOYGe TIL the city of London still pays rent to the Queen on land it leased in 1211. Nobody even knows where the land is located anymore. But over the past centuries, the city has paid the same flat rate: a knife, an axe, six oversized horseshoes, and 61 nails.
XELG8 TIL Pilot fish can form sort of symbiotic relationships with sharks to the point where if their shark is caught, the pilot fish will follow the boat that took it and become distressed when it can't find it or isn't near its "host" shark.
7r01M TIL Film Industry of Nigeria (Nollywood) was ranked as world's second largest film producer with 872 films in 2009, ahead of the United States(485), Japan(417), China(330), and France(203). It was only left behind by India with 1091 films.