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TIL that ADHD affects men and women differently. While boys tend to be hyperactive and impulsive girls are more disorganized, scattered, and introverted. Also symptoms often emerge after puberty for girls while they usually settle down by puberty for boys.

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vLLB TIL the city of Cincinnati has a subway system that was built and never used.
RPL4 TIL until the enactment of Robby’s Law in 2000, retired military working dogs were routinely euthanized, b/c the dogs were classified as equipment & were thought to be unable to adjust to civilian life. The law is named after a military handler who tried to adopt his dog before it was euthanized.
aw7eL TIL that after it's use in a 2007 gameshow, Men At Work were sued for copyright infringement as the flute lead of "Down Under" resembled a children's song from the 1930's. According to singer Colin Hay, the stress of the court case led to the death of his father and the band's flutist, Greg Ham.
KyZG TIL Bicycles have no speed limits in the UK, but you can get charged with ‘cycling furiously’.
6jBJ TIL in 2001 it cost $100million to sequence a genome - now it costs $1000