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TIL only 16.1% of high-functioning autistic men are currently in a relationship, according to a 2017 study.

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jGLE TIL there’s a company that specializes in making hidden rooms for your home. One requires a chess board played in a certain combination to unlock.
R7loa TIL: Martin Couney set up infant incubator shows at Coney Island, Atlantic City and World's Fairs, charging 25c to view premature babies. He offered free care for 'weakling babies', proving the success of incubators. He saved over 6,500 babies from ~1900-43.
Owb4 TIL The United States of America has existed for longer than the (original) Persian Empire did
49R6 TIL that telling “scary ghost stories” on Christmas eve is an all but lost Victorian tradition
VPNk TIL Häagen-Dazs is not a European company, it was invented by two brothers in New York and the name itself is completely made up