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TIL The Mormon Church created its own alphabet

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aMxJ TIL that life might have existed as early as 15 million years after the Big Bang.
r8xW TIL a lawyer named James Thronton only works for one client- the Earth- and even managed to successfully sue the UK government to admit that it was breaching legal limits for air pollution.
xyZD TIL About a pilot, who, upon ejecting from his damaged fighter, got stuck in a cumulonimbus (thunderstorm) cloud for over 30mins, caught in updrafts, pelted by hailstones, and almost drowned.
jOVQ TIL Pennies buried in a garden will repel slugs, which get electric shocks from touching copper and zinc
0w7YA TIL in 2009, Filipino employee Amador Bernabe was kicked out of his job for using water, instead of toilet paper, to clean himself during toilet visits.