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TIL in Polish Scrabble, Z is only worth 1 point.

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p8w6Q TIL of René Carmille, a punched-card computer expert and French double agent who is believed to have saved thousands of lives by sabotaging Nazi efforts to identify Jewish citizens. He eventually was found out, withstood torture, and sent to a concentration camp where he died in January of 1945.
OoKJe TIL NASA renamed sizes or early condom-based toilets from S, M, and L into "large, gigantic and humongous" because male astronauts' ego would make them grab L, regardless of the real size.
69GnZ TIL that "no bueno" is not real Spanish but rather a calque: "a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal word-for-word or root-for-root translation"
ep5wL TIL Adidas acquired its signature 3-stripe logo from the Finnish athletic footwear brand Karhu Sports, for two bottles of whiskey and the equivalent of €1600 ($1805) in 1952
pZOb TIL that porn is illegal in Ukraine and can only be used for medicinal purposes.