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TIL that college students with ADHD can notify their counselor and the school is required to provide certain accommodations such as extra time on exams, testing in a quiet location, priority registration and a private notetaker.

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epdG5 TIL Ye wrote and recorded his first solo single two weeks after his jaw was wired shut from an accident. The mumbled lyrics reflect how difficult it was for him to rap the song.
16wBP TIL in Ancient Egypt people with dwarfism were highly respected and held high social status due to Egyptians viewing such people as having celestial gifts. In fact, during the 1st Dynasty, dwarfs directly served and worked with the king and royal household and were buried in subsidiary tombs.
gM9Q8 TIL about eight-year-old Christian McPhilamy. He endured bullying as a result of him deciding to grow his hair out long in order to donate it to kids who lost their hair as a result of cancer.
jkQp TIL Louis Le Prince, who filmed the first ever motion pictures, disappeared without a trace in 1890. Thomas Edison soon took credit as the first and sole inventor of cinema, and even took Le Prince’s son to court to dispute it. Few years later, the son also died under mysterious circumstances.
NXpQM TIL Derinkuyu, Turkey's Byzantine era underground city of 20,000 people