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TIL to be "anal retentive" originally referred to someone who took pleasure in retaining their feces

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9Ynep TIL Two men killed in the collapse at the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans. Their bodies have not been recovered 10 months after the accident. Robot being used to aid in the recovery effort.
0v4v TIL that in 1978 the average four year public institution costed $2,145 to attend equating to $7,695.55 in 2014 dollars.
oawW TIL of Yale’s Stadium Prank in which Yale students disguised themselves as a Harvard pep-squad and tricked Harvard fans into holding up placards spelling ‘WE SUCK’ at their own football game.
wLEZE TIL that sugar was marketed as a diet aid in the 1970s.
yQJae TIL in 2010, Philadelphia school authorities surreptitiously and remotely activated webcams embedded in school issued laptops the students were using at home in order to spy on the students. They even disciplined a student for his "improper" behavior at home.