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TIL British accents originally sounded closer to modern American, but changed in the 19th century to show status. Historians maintain that Shakespeare plays sound better with American actors

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XRKX TIL that the ‘Lorem Ipsum’ text is typically a scrambled section from Cicero’s work 'De finibus bonorum et malorum’ ('On the ends of good and evil’) from the 1st Century BC. 'Lorem ipsum’ is derived from the Latin 'dolorem ipsum’ - “pain itself”.
e8pg TIL that there was a 12 year ban on athletes with intellectual disabilities competing in the Paralympic Games because of the Spanish Basketball Team cheating in the 2000 Games by having 10 members pretend they had a disability.
wPnJ TIL that the word “basketcase” is WWI slang for a soldier who had lost all 4 limbs and needed to be carried in a basket.
9YaAp TIL the satanic temple offers academic scholarships to elementary through college students.
Z8jWa TIL the US Army Ordnance Department sabotaged the prototype AR-15 with 3 critical changes when it went into mass production as the M16, leading to its poor performance in the Vietnam War.