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TIL there is an actual word for the way Jedi master Yoda talks: ‘anastrophic’

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OGnoY TIL of the "world's rudest waiter," Edsel Ford Fong, who greeted visitors with an admonition to "Sit down and shut up!" He was known for calling patrons "retarded" and "fat", criticizing people's menu choices and then telling them what they should order, amongst others.
Yp8er TIL That the U.S. First Lady in 1885 - 86 was a lesbian. Rose Cleveland served as the First Lady for her brother who was unmarried. She carried on a relationship for more than 30 years with Evangeline Whipple until Rose died of the Spanish Influenza in 1918.
rRBP1 TIL After Roger Ebert gave Baseketball (1998) a negative review, Trey Parker and Matt Stone named an episode of South Park "Robert Ebert should lay off the fatty foods". Roger Ebert was not in the episode or even mentioned.
YpBnP TIL that there is an area in Turkey where people talk to each other using a whistled language that can be heard up to half a mile away.
kOOR7 TIL that a study found that mindfulness training can be more beneficial in helping people quit smoking than the offical American Lung Association’s Freedom From Smoking treatment.