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TIL Hans Asperger, who identified autism in 1944, once said, “It seems that for success in science and art, a dash of autism is essential. The necessary ingredient may be an ability to turn away from the everyday world, to rethink a subject with originality so as to create in new untrodden ways.”.

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wJD1 TIL that Agent Scully was immortal by the end of the ‘X-Files’ series.
8ajoZ TIL that there are ancient languages that are considered untranslatable or ‘extinct’ because we have no descendant languages to use as a frame of reference for translation. One example is the Etruscan language of Italy that belonged to people who lived in Italy before the Romans.
Ej6P TIL that in Western Australia, it is illegal to possess more than 50kg/110lb of potatoes.
wLK1W TIL Tom Cruise turned down the lead roll in The Shawshank Redemption because it was the director's first feature film.
WXEX TIL that Alexander the Great founded and named 70 cities, naming at least 20 after himself, and one after his horse.