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TIL that it's harder to detect autism in girls because it presents differently

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xoO5 TIL that the first Allied shots of both world wars were fired from the same gun
OG6mL TIL Since the brown treesnake has no natural predators or other controls on Guam, it multiplied rapidly and has virtually wiped out Guam’s native forest birds. The snakes also crawl on electrical lines and cause expensive power outages and electrical damage.
6E7Kl TIL The US shipped about $40 billion in cash to Iraq on planes between 2003 and 2008 and most of it went missing and is still unaccounted for today.
b477 TIL AT&T almost caused nuclear war. In 1961, the US lost contact with its early warning systems. Assuming the USSR had attacked, bombers were scrambled but recalled when contact was made with an EWS base. The phone blackout was caused by a faulty AT&T switch they had promised to replace.
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