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

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4kxaw TIL the Pfennig was legal tender in Germany from the 8th or 9th century until replaced by the Euro in 2002
m14rv TIL sea turtle gender is determined by the temperature of the incubation. Boys are literally cool while girls are hot!
xVP5k TIL the Chicago Tunnel Company once sold naturally cool tunnel air to theaters above the tunnels as an early form of air conditioning
ADeJx TIL that Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, based the character Mr. Burns on a teacher he had in high school.
VMj98 TIL Harley-Davidson filed a trademark application in 1994 for the sound produced by their motorcycles. After many objections and even litigation, they dropped all efforts in 2000.