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

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d8yR9 TIL that Andrew McAulay, an Australian mountaineer and sea kayaker, disappeared at sea while attempting to kayak 1600 km (994 mi) across the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand in February 2007.His body was never found.
xZLo TIL that British political sitcom The Thick of It had a ‘swearing consultant’ who would add more imaginative bad language to the scripts
78o8L TIL Harry Connick Jr is 56 but still uses a suffix professionally as his father is still alive at 97. Harry Connick Sr was the district attorney for Orleans Parish in Louisiana for 30 years before retiring 20 years ago.
x6mow TIL that one of Edward VII's mistresses, Alice Keppel, was the great-grandmother of Camilla Parker Bowles. Camilla was the mistress and later wife of Prince (now King) Charles, Edward’s great-great-grandson.
M7VjB TIL a 7-11 Double Big Gulp Holds 200% the Average Human Stomach's Capacity