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TIL the Bantu term "Mzungu" (a derogatory for White people) originally meant "wanderers" and referred to European explorers.

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e0Wbk TIL About intrusive R's. Most typically heard in Australian or British accents. Instead of saying "idea" they'll say "idear".
4mRo TIL that after 9/11 Kevin Conroy volunteered as a cook for rescue workers at “Ground Zero”. One person recognized him as the voice of Batman and told everybody Batman was making dinner for them. It was the first time anyone there started to smile and laugh.
KObNa TIL about the “Rule of Thirds,” which is a technique used in film and photography that divides the frame into a 3x3 grid, and focuses elements of the frame at the intersecting points on the grid, where our eyes find them most pleasing, and makes the image more comfortable to look at.
4N9N TIL that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster without loss of accuracy. Video game players develop a heightened sensitivity to what is going on around them, which helps with multitasking, driving, keeping track of friends in a crowd, and navigating around town.
JY5yj TIL Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI got married "by proxy". The wedding took place in Vienna, with Marie Antoinette's brother standing in for the groom at the altar. Louis was in France at the time