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TIL about Poland's "frankowicze," a group of about 500,000 people who took out mortgages in Swiss francs since the 2000s and faced soaring debts after the franc was unpegged in 2015, leading to significant financial struggles and nationwide protests.

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vPG4R TIL that in the 2022 World Cup, Qatar became the first host nation to lose its opening match, the first host nation to lose all three of its matches, the first host nation to be eliminated from the tournament in two matches and the first host nation to have 0 points at the end of the group stage
BgaWe TIL: On March 27th, 2014, Jimmy Fallon hosted Joan Rivers on The Tonight Show after a 28 year ban held in place from Johnny Carson.
Roka TIL that in Canada, a sex doll in a schoolgirl outfit is considered “child pornography”.
RRwQ TIL that one of the leading lights of the Gun Control movement had to withdraw his work from publication and had a prestigious national history award rescinded due to false, unethical and fraudulent research
p8ra8 TIL of the Fresnel lens, a specially crafted type of lens commonly used in lighthouses. Its design allows for a large aperture and short focal length without requiring the lens to be massive and heavy like a traditional convex lens. It also looks like a work of art.