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TIL the "r" in "Mrs" comes from the title of Mistress, as it was the counterpart of the title Master, which held the original abbreviation of "Mr".

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O7r7 TIL Sean Schemmel, the English voice actor for Goku in the Dragon Ball series once screamed so hard during a recording for a Super Saiyan 4 transformation that he passed out.
xMRb TIL that eating pears before drinking reduces the severity of a hangover
nxZ9 TIL that Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in a hospital.
JYmLj TIL That Cockroaches are rapidly developing immunity to pesticides and passing it on to their young. Scientists that foused the roaches with two different pesticides failed to control them, with three, they were able to control the population but not kill.
xBP0 TIL in Iceland, people protested construction of a highway in fear of disturbing local elf habitat.