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TIL about Sequoyah, a Native American of the early 19th centruy who, just seeing white people writing, understood what writing was and created, all by himself, an advanced syllabary system. After some years, more than 90% of Cherooke people were able to read.

gr0pA TIL: Long Hundred is 120 and was previously referred to as Hundred in Germanic languages
xVkmk TIL the story of FedEx's founder, Frederick Smith, submitting his business plan as a term paper and receiving a failing grade with an admonition that it would never work, is a myth. He dimly remembers he got about a C, mostly because "it wasn't a well-thought-out paper."
R7LJ6 TIL NFL players swap jerseys with members of opposing teams as a show of respect, if they attended the same school, or previously played together. Teams retain several seamstresses to tailor fit players, taking 10 hours a jersey.
Wkvnd TIL the QWERTY keyboard layout probably allowed early typewriter salesmen to impress their customers by being able to easily type out the example word "typewriter" without having learned the full keyboard layout, because "typewriter" can be spelled purely on the top row of the keyboard.
KYBw9 TIL A love hotel is a type of short-stay hotel found around the world operated primarily for the purpose of allowing guests privacy for sex. The name originates from "Hotel Love" in Osaka.Although love hotels exist all over the world, the term is often used to refer to those located within Japan.