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TIL George Washington's second inaugural address remains the shortest ever delivered, at just 135 words, or two paragraphs

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gMwm4 TIL of the class of lizards classified as "legless." As in, they're literally legless. They differ from snakes as the arose from a completely different evolutionary pathway.
0kON TIL Christopher Lee (Saruman, Count Dooku) Volunteered to serve in the Winter War, Served in WII in RAF, is knighted, holds world record for most movies (275) and sang on a heavy metal album at the age of 90.
9YOym TIL that the term “mental retardation” which we now deem “inappropriate”, was a medical term for people with intellectual impairments, invented to replace terms that were more offensive. The American Association on Mental Retardation introduced it to be a neutral term in 1961.
LZl9 TIL in 2016 Beyoncé launched a clothing range aimed at “supporting and inspiring” women. A month later it was revealed female sweatshop workers were being paid less than $1 an hour to make the clothing
nWrQW TIL that women’s periods don’t magically sync with other women they’re in close proximity with. It’s just timing and confirmation bias.