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TIL that two men set three records for Scrabble in one game. Highest points by one player (830), most points in one game (1,320) and most points for a single word (365).

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VVd8 TIL that in 1990 the US Ambassador to Iraq was threatened with execution if he was harbouring Americans he responded with a press conference; where he wore a noose while declaring “If the choice is to allow American citizens to be taken hostage or to be executed, I will bring my own fucking rope"
00Zy TIL that Screamin’ Jay Hawkins had so many illegitimate offspring that a website has been set up to identify them all
v1Qmx TIL about 'moral luck'. If two random drivers accidentally run a red light, but only one hits a person, we tend to think the latter is more guilty
9Y1Nm TIL that when Hayao Miyazaki he won an Oscar for Spirited Away in 2003, he didn't attend the ceremony, telling a reporter for the LA Times that he "didn't want to visit a country that was bombing Iraq." His producer "shut [him] up and did not allow [him] to say that", but apparently agreed privately
W7Mk9 TIL the original purpose of screensavers was to avoid burn-in on screens! (Burn in is when a picture stays still on the monitor for too long and stays there forever)