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TIL The unit of measurement for buttons dates back to the 9th century. Its called a ligne, and is abbreviated as an L.

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GAY7N TIL It sometimes snows in the Sahara Desert; even as recently as January 2022
GYDGJ TIL of a secret society called Cicada 3301, that has on six occasions posted puzzles and alternate reality games (some lasting years) in an attempt to recruit code breakers from the public.
9YRY7 TIL that Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh is an avid hunter and that in 1993 during a seven week stay at the Queen's Sandringham estate he shot 10,000 pheasant.
lrL7 TIL: Scurvy does not occur in most animals as they can make their own vitamin C. Only humans, higher primates, guinea pigs, bats, and some birds and fish lack the necessary enzyme.
pk1b TIL that Frank Buckles, the last surviving soldier of World War I, lived for 110 years and died in 2011. When asked about his secret for long life, he simply offered, “When you start to die… don’t.”