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TIL, the name of the speech impediment that prevents people from pronouncing the letter R, actually begins with the letter R. Rhotacism.

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Odx7 TIL In 2004, An NYU Student spent 8 months living in the college library due to being unable to afford tuition and room & board despite a $15000/yr scholarship and working 30 hours a week. Upon learning about this, the university gave him free accommodation through the summer.
1QPr TIL that in NYC in 2012, more Black babies were aborted than born
ne77G TIL that during the initial airborne landings on D-Day, paratrooper John Steele got stuck on a church tower. He played dead for two hours dangling on the side of the church, was later captured and promptly escaped, fought for the entire day and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
m1kby TIL we perceive being wet primarily from the coldness of the of water evaporating. For a liquid to turn into gas, energy is needed (ex motion or heat), so energy is expended in the process. In this case from the heat of our skin. A fridge/freezer uses the same principle).
v1gmL TIL The word "moron" was coined in 1910 by psychologist Henry H. Goddard to classify someone with an IQ of 51-70. "Imbeciles" were 26-50 and "idiots" were 0-25. So for a time, a moron was literally smarter than an idiot.