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TIL in 2022, Turkey officially changed its name to Türkiye

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9Yek7 French paratroopers once used “Bazooka Vespas” in combat
kO4L4 TIL Studies have shown that between 99.0% and 99.9% of all participants in multi-level marketing schemes lose money.
wLk67 TIL Many American movie villains have British accents, specifically Queen's English, because Americans associate that accent with high intellect and low morals.
e0Pa5 TIL that Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt once snuck out of a White House event, commandeered an airplane, and went on a joyride to Baltimore.
X8Or TIL the word “umbrage,” i.e. “take umbrage” (take offense) is from the Latin “umbra,” or parasol, and used to be a synonym for “shade.” “He took umbrage at the suggestion” literally = someone was throwing shade at him.