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TIL In the Morse Code "alphabet", E and T are first as they are the most common letters in the English language.

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x4gk TIL that Antarctica has the highest literacy rate of any continent.
woKk7 TIL about the book, "The Dinosaur" by Augusto Monterroso. This book is only one page long and consists of a single sentence in Spanish, which translates to: "When he awoke, the dinosaur was still there."
jM0R TIL that the Japanese bombed Oregon in 1942 by ferrying a plane underwater via submarine to the U.S. coast. The plane launched from the sub to drop incendiary bombs on Mount Emily, becoming the first ever bombing of the continental U.S.
D17be TIL Clyde Barrow (Bonnie and Clyde) once wrote a letter to Henry Ford, thanking him for the reliability and performance of his V-8 automobiles.
9Ya4D TIL that before WWII, the Arizona state highway marker had a swastika on it because it was a symbol used by Native Americans in the state