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TIL that autism is 4 times more likely in men than women, according to an analysis of 54 studies and over 13 million participants

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NxQe TIL that the Pyramids of Giza were originally covered in white limestone
v1bWD TIL "decimation was a form of Roman military discipline in which every tenth man in a group was executed.." Was checking the rona fatality rates when I saw Italy at the 10 percent milestone.
XQwk TIL That undersea telecommunications cables across the Back Sea were laid during Crimean War in 1855.
jNQav TIL that in 1939, the US army was ranked nineteenth in size in the world, behind Portugal and only slightly ahead of Bulgaria. Its equipment was obsolete, and it relied heavily on horses
1aVOV TIL of the "the loneliest whale in the world," who roams the seas without a pack, crying out a 52-hertz mating call too high for other whales to hear. Except some scientists think other whales are actually just ignoring him: "all these whales can hear this guy...He's just odd."