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TIL that there's a brewery in Copenhagen that's set up specifically to employ people with autism spectrum diagnoses. It's 90% staffed by autistic folks and they're looking at working with veterans with PTSD too.

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OGAx1 TIL: Besides the normal human sacrifice procedures such as decapitation and heart removal, the Mayans also had an arrow sacrifice. The victim would be painted blue and wore a cap. Their genitals were bled and a white symbol was painted for the archers to shoot until they were filled with arrows.
GYMY1 TIL the photographer of the Beatles' iconic Abbey Road photo was given a 10-minute limit to get the shot he wanted while he stood on a ladder and traffic was stopped. Photo #5 (out of 6 taken) was chosen because it was the only one that had their legs in a perfect 'V' formation.
Ypb7W TIL Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was elected with a historic landslide majority in 1984, and a record second majority in 1988. Since 1997, he and his wife reside part of the year in their Palm Beach house and hang out at private billionaires clubs
5YRxQ TIL That During sometime during the Late 80's. Incase of Nuclear Attack, The Peacekeeper Rail Garrison was a Rail Garrison System used to Store 50 MGM--118A Peacekeeper International Ballistic Missles into boxcars, It got cancelled and Two remain, 1 In USA. And 1 in Soviet Union (Russia)
kjJd TIL that Princeton researchers successfully turned a live cat into a functioning telephone in 1929