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TIL Tolkein popularised "dwarves" as the plural of "dwarf" to differentiate his fantasy dwarves from humans with dwarfism, for whom the correct plural was "dwarfs". The dwarf trope became so entrenched that "dwarves" is now widely recognised as the standard plural of "dwarf" even for humans

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aN49 TIL of an experiment called The Three Christs of Ypsilanti. Three schizophrenics claiming to be Jesus were brought together have their reactions documented. In the end, each came to the conclusion that the other two must have mental issues.
jG5v TIL there is a real life “Van Wilder” who attended his university for 16 years and did not graduate despite having enough credits completed for 9 majors and 5 minors.
yNv8 TIL the actor who played the sadistic chief guard in The Shawshank Redemption is also the voice of Mr. Krabs
oBJrA TIL Peppers change their name when they are dried. For example, a Chipotle is a smoked and dried jalapeño
wLobW TIL that because their hearing is different from humans dogs adopt and respond to certain names better than others. Names with 2 syllables containing hard consonants and S's like 'Lisa' or 'Rosy' are optimal.