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TIL: Scientists are finding that problems with mitochondria contributes to autism.

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jNwrX TIL distracted driving from Pokemon Go is estimated to have led to 145,000 car accidents, injuring 30,000, killing 256 & causing $2B+ in damages
7r5Np TIL "Wrap Rage" (the anger/frustration which results from an inability to open packaging) is estimated to be responsible for up to 60,000 people a year being treated for injuries. In one survey, 71% say they've been injured while opening packaging and in 2004 the US had 6,500 emergency room visits.
9Jwm TIL Pablo Escobar (A Columbian Drug Dealer) spent over $1000 a week on rubber bands, just to wrap his stacks of cash
R5kBa TIL New York and The New Jersey Colonies were included in the Dominion of New England established just before (and ended soon after) the Glorious Revolution.
KMyJ TIL Owsley Stanley, the soundguy for the Grateful Dead, was the first person to mass produce LSD, distributing over 1.25 million doses in just two years.