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TIL that 'Idiot' once specifically referred to somebody with the mental age of a 2yr old. 'Imbecile' referred to somebody with the mental age of a 3 to 7yr old, and 'Moron' referred to somebody with the mental age of a 7 to 10yr old.

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Me7r7 Unpredictable extremes of weather could be a huge problem. Simon N. Gosling, a geographer at the University of Nottingham in England, and Robert E. Davis of the University of Virginia agree that hotter weather on average isn't as dangerous as unexpected weather. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in April looked at how temperature fluctuations over a single summer affect mortality in vulnerable populations.
W7xrX TIL the actor Woody Harrelson's father, Charles Harrelson, was a convicted hitman. In 1979 he assassinated a US federal judge John H Wood Jr. This was the first assassination of federal judge in the 20th century.
D1vor TIL about John “Liver Eatin’” Johnson, a Mexican-American War veteran turned mountain man, who in 1847 started a personal vendetta against the Crow Nation after they killed his Flathead wife, he is said to have killed and scalped more than 300 Crows and then ate their livers as a sign of disrespect
pBgZ TIL that Ryan Gosling, having been heavily influenced by the film First Blood, took steak knives to school and threw them at other children during recess.
w1B8 TIL Comedian Spike Milligan’s wish to have his tomb stone read “I told you I was ill” was refused by the Chichester diocese. They compromised and wrote the same epitaph in Irish.