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TIL See You Next Tuesday is a euphemism meant to disguise spelling out the letters of a disparaging term towards women

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gMKOb TIL: Charlie Chaplin made the Hitler taunting film, "The Incomparable Despot", in 1940 utilizing his own cash since none of the Hollywood studios were happy with infuriating the Germans as they had money related relations with them. The film is said to be perhaps the best work of Charlie Chaplin.
744L TIL that Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! in Quebec, Canada, is the only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.
WoNY TIL that 12 African nations have come together pledging to build a 9 mile wide band of trees that will stretch all the way across Africa, 4750 miles, in order to stop the progressive advancement of the Sahara.
4X4Qw TIL that the Icelandic language has a term, "gludda vedur" (glue-ca ver-tish), which describes weather that's nice to look at, but not nice to be out in. It loosely translates to 'window weather'.
kEWe TIL before Vermont became a state they tried to become part of Quebec, but Quebec refused so Vermont joined the United States instead.