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TIL students who write notes longhand remember more and have a deeper understanding of the material than those take notes with a laptop

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Oov9R TIL the actor that played King Joffrey in GOT doesn't really like the book, care for show, and actually quit acting for some time
78OpM TIL that the origin of the term ‘BullShit’ dates back to the 17th century. “Bull", meaning nonsense, while the term "bullshit" has been used as early as 1915 in British and American slang and came into popular use during WWII. "bull" from the Old French bole, meaning "fraud, deceit".
9YO5X TIL former Manchester United player Patrice Evra has 23 brothers and sisters
W7dAB TIL that the 1994 Disney film "Angels In The Outfield" is a loose remake of a 1951 film of the same name.
BVpK TIL that while bored during his work with the Manhattan Project Richard Feynman would amuse himself by picking the locks of his colleges confidential file cabinets and placing prank notes, his colleges believed a spy had infiltrated the project.