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TIL that the Ancient Greek "Lego" means to gather, pick up, collect and bind. But the brand name LEGO is a portmanteau of the unrelated Danish phrase “leg godt”, which means “play well”.

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OGeGR TIL of the tallest "true" giant (non-pathological) man in recorded history, Angus MacAskill, who stood at 7 feet 9 inches (236cm) tall. Reportedly one of the strongest men of all time, he is said to have been able to lift ship anchors of almost 3000 pounds and fully grown horses over fences.
v4yr TIL After recording the song “When I Look at the World”, The Edge couldn’t remember how to play it. Thus U2 does not play the song live.
Qdd TIL the coroner’s report revealed Whitney Houston wore full dentures, probably as a direct result of her drug use.
W77wN TIL that there are roughly eight-hundred-quadrillion times more ways to shuffle a deck of cards than atoms on Earth
4XKmo TIL that as the chair of the RNC, George HW Bush asked Richard Nixon to resign.