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TIL a student at the University of Michigan changed his official preferred pronoun to “his majesty” in order to protest the policy.

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nW4o9 TIL Stephern Hawking and his daughter, Lucy, published 5 children’s fiction books together
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LQXrd TIL that during World War One up to 12 million letters a week were delivered to soldiers, many on the front line
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