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TIL Saint Nick is the patron saint of prostitutes

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G64 TIL that Christopher Lloyd was only 47 when he played the role of Doc Brown.
W709A TIL Vincent Price was "greylisted" under McCarthyism in the 1950s for having been a prewar "premature anti-Nazi", and after being unable to find work for a year, agreed to requests by the FBI that he sign a "secret oath" to save his career.
P1VmO TIL: The opposite of "synonym" is "antonym"
MxBK TIL Tetris is named from the joining of the Greek word “tetra” (meaning “four,” as every piece in the game has four blocks) and “tennis,” the creator’s favorite sport.
oB0rL TIL in the US college text books can cost more than $1,000.