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TIL that left handed persons are significantly more likely to suffer from autism and schizorphrenia while at the same time being much more likely to have an IQ over 131 and being more proficient at math than their right handed counterparts.

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Ypbr TIL that Hitler planned to build a railway for trains 6m wide, 7m high and 500m long, with top speeds of 200kph; the trains would be fitted with a restaurant, cinema, swimming pool, barbershop and sauna, and seat up to 4,000 passengers.
b6YMZ TIL that in 1991, Mark Fugate shot and killed his ex wife in her home in front of their 15 year old son. That son was beaten to death by his friends in the same house a year after his father's conviction
0wyVR TIL about Peter Conover Hains, a US army officer who served in the Civil War, the Spanish American War, and World War I, the latter after being recalled to active-duty at the age of 77.
Z87vY TIL the person who is blind or visually impaired listens to the flow of traffic, determines when it is safe to cross, and then signals the dog to go forward. However, if a car is coming, the dog is taught to refuse to obey the command.
Aoa4 TIL an inmate confronted Al Capone to get back when he cut in the line, Al asked him if he knows who he is and while holding scissors to Capone’s neck he replied: “Yeah, I know who you are, greaseball. And if you don’t get back to the end of that fucking line, I’m gonna know who you were.”