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TIL cursive handwriting is slower than print handwriting

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8ar0G TIL there are over 35,000 islands in The Great Lakes of North America.
ZllB TIL that there is a biker gang from Arizona who help keep child abuse victims safe while the child’s abuser is prosecuted, including guarding their houses at night if person is not yet in jail and attending court with the child, shielding them so they don’t have to look at their abuser
RY6w TIL Louis X of France died before his son was born so his son John became King on his birth, and is the only French King to have done so. He only lived for 5 days and is known as ‘the Posthumous’
VMgR8 TIL that 'Moron', 'Idiot', and 'Imbecile' were once valid Psychology terms for people with low IQ. When these terms entered vernacular usage as insults, they were disused in favor of 'Mental Retardation' which in turn was disused in favor of 'Intellectual Disability'.
nLEG TIL that in 2001, the island country of Niue issued several pokemon coins and is still the only country in the world that uses images of pokemon on their currency.