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TIL 85% of college grads affected by autism are unemployed

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rNJO0 TIL BC Place Stadium's original inflated white dome was the world's largest air-supported roof when it was built in 1983. The flexible tarp roof was ripped up in 2007 by snow and wind
kOPl4 TIL the Japanese words for wrist and ankle literally translate into "hand neck" and "foot neck"
KYJGQ TIL that during WWII, women were hired as human computers working in clusters, and the term "kilogirl" was sometimes used to refer to 1,000 hours of female calculation.
XOBj TIL at Jim Henson’s memorial service, Big Bird sang Kermit the Frog’s ‘Being Green’
nWWL9 TIL in 2008, Johnny Depp told Beavis & Butt-head creator Mike Judge he was interested in playing Beavis for a live-action film. Depp and Marlon Brando would riff on the B&B characters while filming Don Juan DeMarco. Judge said he considered the idea of a live-action B&B, but nothing came of it.