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TIL that the first person ever diagnosed with autism is still alive

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QLQe TIL that the most dangerous and deadliest animals in Africa based on the estimated number of human fatalities are the Mosquitoes and Hippos.
Z8L1o TIL After losing a the trademark "Big Mac", Burger King renamed its sandwiches to troll McDonald's
d8gR7 TIL Gail Brewer Giorgio, whose 1978 novel "Orion" was about a singer who faked his own death. Her novel was compared to Elvis Presley theories and recalled. The rest of her career was spent writing books questioning if Elvis was really dead, appearing on talk shows and having a 900 number about it.
7ddr TIL The porcupine is the only native North American mammal with antibiotics in its skin. Those antibiotics prevent infection when a porcupine falls out of a tree and is stuck with its own quills
epR6g TIL that Shark Week has been aired annually on the Discovery Channel every July or August since 1988