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TIL that in his will, George Bernard Shaw wished for a portion of his assets to be used to generate a phonetic English alphabet of 40 letters

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R54A1 TIL: It is illegal in most states to name your child "God".
D1y5g TIL that French was the official language of England for about 300 years, from 1066 till 1362.
GAeyG TIL of the Socorro springsnail. This critically endangered snail only remains in a single New Mexico spring, which is on private property; since the owner has denied access since 1995, the current population and status of the species is unknown.