TIL it is not known why the letters in the alphabet are ordered the way they are, but the order of the letters has remained consistent since Proto-Sinaitic script of the 14th century BC, which began with the characters "alp" and "bet."

TIL it is not known why the letters in the alphabet are ordered the way they are, but the order of the letters has remained consistent since Proto-Sinaitic script of the 14th century BC, which began with the characters "alp" and "bet."