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TIL | The person who made 2 girls 1 cup was sentenced to 4 years in prison for the film

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rR6J0 TIL most adults with autism spectrum disorder are unaware they have it until tested. Being diagnosed can lead to treatment and becoming a more socially comfortable person.
E1Blp TIL the disembodied hand of the Statue of Liberty sat in Madison Square for 6 years to raise money for the rest of the statue
5YJXr TIL A giant virus has been discovered with its own immune system. French scientists found these giant virus defence mechanisms work in a similar way to the CRISPR-Cas system, whereby the virus learns to recognise invaders, capture their genetic material and use this information to destroy them.
gMVE9 TIL during the 1999 University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt one of the teams managed to build a working nuclear reactor from scratch.
vneK TIL - Netherlands has a plan where flooding the country could be used as a defence strategy and this can easily be done by destroying various flood defences in case of attack by a foreign country.