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TIL the set of English alphabets used to be made up of 27 letters with '&' after 'Z'

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oXWo TIL IBM Had To Delete ‘Urban Dictionary’ Data from The Watson Super Computer System Because The Machine Started Cursing.
aYQJ TIL body odor is worse when wearing polyester because of Micrococcus, a type of bacteria that flourishes on polyester
XEJbQ TIL That actor Kirk Douglas once tried to commit suicide after his stroke, by shooting himself through the mouth. However, the gun hit a tooth, and it hurt so much that he stopped completely. He was then so amused that toothache had stopped him from killing himself, that he decided to live.
4Xab5 TIL a major factor for Joseph Stalin’s rise to power in the Soviet Union was that political rival Leon Trotsky missed Vladimir Lenin’s funeral - because Stalin gave Trotsky the wrong date.
oRR88 TIL on 2016, Murray Pringle managed to obtain the Pringle baronetcy over cousin Simon after DNA testing proved Simon's grandfather wasn't the biological son of Sir Norman Pringle, 8th Baronet but was utterly unrelated to the clan