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TIL that the words ‘idiot,’ 'imbecile,’ and 'moron’ were originally medical categories for intellectual disability

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KOLGw TIL John Cena's "you can't see me" taunt was inspired by 50 Cent hypeman and G-Unit member Tony Yayo. Cena initially performed the move on TV as a dare for his cousin, but got it wrong and unintentionally added his own tweaks to the move.
8eM0Z TIL about failed WW2 plot: Operation Pastorius. In which Americans were recruited by Nazis to sabotage the US from within.
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