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TIL Men over 40 are 6x more likely to have a child with autism compared to men under 30.

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lolEG TIL Edgar Allan Poe died after being found wandering around Baltimore dirty, delirious and wearing somebody else’s clothes. He was never coherent enough to explain how he came to be in such a condition before he died
Y6aZ TIL Apple deliberately deleted competitors’ music from iPods and iPhones from 2007 to 2009.
oRJAE TIL that there’s a specific phobia of the color yellow known as xanthophobia; its exact causes are not fully understood but can be influenced by past experiences, learned behavior, or underlying cognitive factors
16WN7 TIL: In 1904 people were driving electric cars with 100 mile ranges and they cost $2500.
QPYd TIL that in 2004 in the Parisian Catacombs, the police found a movie theater in a carved out cave, complete with a full-sized screen, restaurant and couscous-maker.