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TIL : America has twice as many diagnosed ADHD child as any nation in the world

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W7o5N TIL that up until 2006, Nike used sulfur hexafluoride as the filling gas for their line of Air Max shoes
Mepp7 TIL that America’s highest-ranking Vietnamese-born military officer is the only survivor of a massacre thought to be perpetrated by the Viet Cong member, Bảy Lốp, whose execution was captured in that famous photograph.
6VPY TIL that the parents in Ferris Buellers Day Off met onset and actually got married after filming.
dW4K TIL there was a woman named Veronica Seider had vision 20x better than average. She could identify people more than a mile (1.6km) away.
xreD TIL that take-out restaurants existed in ancient Rome, with service counters opening onto the street to pick up food. More than 200 existed in Pompeii, and most of its homes lacked dining or kitchen areas, suggesting that cooking at home was unusual.