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TIL that Doctor Seuss coined the word “nerd”

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BgGlW TIL about Genie, a child of an abusive father who kept her strapped to a chair for the first 13 years of her life, regularly beating her and communicating to her only in inhuman growls. When she was finally rescued, the only two phrases she knew how to say were, "Stop it" and "No more."
oRjVL TIL that Henry Kissinger was an honorary member of the Harlem Globetrotters
VBJLQ TIL PFC William Thompson was the first of two African Americans in Korea to receive the Medal of Honor since the Spanish-American War. Both Medals were awarded posthumously.
5DR8 TIL the US suppressed a 1995 WHO study which proved that occasional cocaine use causes no physical or social problems. We only know it thanks to a 2009 Wikileak.
WkO7X TIL that actor Jason Schwartzman was the drummer for Phantom Planet who were famous for the intro to the OC. He is also Nic Cage and Sofia Coppola's cousin.