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TIL that autism often goes underreported in women because the "issues" in men are often seen as simply quirks in women. (i.e. social isolation, trouble making eye contact, obsessively collecting certain things, not wanting to be touched, overly touchy, etc...)

5Xb9 TIL that the Human Brain’s ability to store memories is equivalent to about 2.5 petabytes of binary data
R5aN4 TIL Actor Kevin Bacon pays off DJ’s when he attends weddings so that they won’t play “Footloose.”
4XLXo TIL that running a mile only burns 105 net calories (about 7 Doritos.)
W77Oo TIL The Great Pyramid of Giza Has Eight Sides and Not Four
RlgQ TIL the Mississippi River ran backwards in 1812