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TIL ‘you’ was plural but used for singular, not the reverse. It was used to show respect until the singular 'thou’ became kinda rude. This is why we say “you are” for both cases.

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dlG7 TIL Garry Hoy threw himself through a glass wall on the 24th story of the Toronto-Dominion Centre and fell to his death after the window frame gave way. He was attempting to prove to a group of prospective articling students that the glass was unbreakable.
Qyr6 TIL the famous Bloop sound, once thought to come from an unknown marine animal, was recently attributed by NOAA to icebergs cracking.
7PPr TIL We are still in the Ice Age
8QOK Til that “Frankenstein” mummies were found in Scotland. 2 bodies made out of 6 people.
p8GgZ TIL that George Burns bought new Cadillacs every year and drove until the age of 93, when he stopped due to becoming so short that he couldn't see over the steering wheel.