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

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789yL TIL that scientists had to use an AK-47 with armor-piercing rounds to collect samples from Chernobyl’s Elephant’s Foot because it was too dense to drill
mDPo TIL that in the 1890’s Emperor Menelek of Ethiopia was impressed by the new method of execution in the USA, the electric chair. He ordered three to be sent to his palace only to learn he needed electricity to use them. He gave two away and used the last chair as a throne.
wobKM TIL in 1989, the Guinness Book of World Records listed among the people with the highest IQs someone named Keith Raniere, an American cult leader who, in 2020, was sentenced to 120 years in prison.
e05W5 TIL that 48% of American adults have cardiovascular disease.
75RL TIL of Roselle, a guide dog that helped her owner down 78 flights of stairs during the 9/11 attacks on the WTC.