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TIL the reason people with ADHD tend to experience sleep-related issues is because we have a different circadian rhythm than neurotypicals. Since society revolves around the 11pm-7am sleep cycle, folks with ADHD are forced to adapt to a foreign sleep schedule and are often more tired because of it.

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R7191 TIL the man who crafted the original California Bear flag during the Bear Flag Revolt in 1846 (William L. Todd) was Mary Todd Lincoln’s nephew.
OmNL TIL that in Cuba a person can get more jail time for killing a cow (10 years in prison) than killing a human and that eaters of illegal beef can get three months to one year in prison
p8Rl8 TIL that the Windscale Fire - the UK's worst nuclear accident - would have been much more severe, were it not for "Cockroft's Folly" - chimney filters installed at great expense, and labelled as a waste of time and money.
b9eA4 TIL that in trial accusing Judas Priest of subliminal messages in their songs that made two young men commit suicide, the band argued that if you play speech backwards some of it will seem to make sense, so they played their album backwards and heard ‘Give me a peppermint’ and ‘Help me keep a job’
6pnZ TIL of a fish called Escolar, often called the world’s most dangerous fish because eating more than 6 ounces will cause violent, explosive, and orange diarrhea. Anal leakage can occur without notice after eating this “white tuna” or “buttery fish”.