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TIL of the Refrigerator Mother Theory - in the 1950's, it was thought autism was caused by a lack of maternal warmth

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y8nM TIL that there are other photos of the Tiananmen Square tank man, showing the true size of the forces he stood up to as well as others fleeing in the foreground as he approaches the tanks.
gM9a4 TIL Anne Frank was bisexual and wrote extensively about her attraction to both men and women. The common version of her diaries are censored for this content.
LkAGZ TIL some guy jumped over the Tour de France on his mountainbike.
R59Ow TIL that the anticoagulant coumadin (aka warfarin) was derived from a substance found in moldy clover that was killing cattle. The name "warfarin" comes from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), which sponsored the research.
oBKN7 TIL that Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia adopted 40 Armenian Orphans from a monastery in Jerusalem 1924 and trained them to play musical instruments becoming Ethiopia's first Official orchestra.