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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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ZpeDY TIL in the late 19th century, some hotels had dark rooms for traveling photographers
JY7M4 TIL Mars' Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano in the solar system, has such a gradual slope, someone standing at the base would not be able to see the summit because it's beyond the horizon.
7rDQr TIL that Frida Kahlo grew up during a revolution, and the nationalism that followed would inspire her art.
7r4KM TIL In 1990 Rob Halford of Judas Priest testified in a lawsuit brought against him and the band regarding subliminal lyrics and backwards masking being causative in the gruesome suicides of two young fans. Rob testified that the sounds were actually him breathing during the recording.
Wkr9X TIL about the Urechis Unicinctus, known as the fat innkeeper worm or Chinese penis fish.