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TIL that children with autism experienced significantly decreased behavioral and cognitive symptoms after receiving a fecal transplant

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VM8xm TIL the Trans-Siberian Orchestra has donated over $16,000,000 to charity since they started touring
VBXZD TIL the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's gross domestic product for 2020 as a whole fell by 9.9%, the largest annual fall in 300 years
6EyK8 TIL Qian Xuesen was a Chinese scientist/colonel in the US army partially responsible for helping America go to space. But because of racism, he was deported to China. He was the father of Chinese rocketry and is one of the reasons why China is a world power today with ICBMS.
oBMVL TIL there are bronze statues of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (and Splinter) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, donated by their comics co-creator & university alum Peter Laird.
4kOnJ TIL killer whales, short-finned pilot whales, and humans are the only species known to go through menopause.