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TIL scientists are using machine learning on photos of your retina (the back of your eye) to help screen for ADHD!

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pLeZ TIL The Sopranos was denied a permit to film in a New Jersey state park by a county commissioner who called the show a “disgrace to Italians” and was later removed under corruption charges
KOggw TIL that the heart of the Buddhist monk who famously set himself ablaze in 1963 to protest of the Vietnamese government remained intact during both his self-immolation as well as his re-cremation.
XAJ8 TIL Ben and Jerry’s has a real physical graveyard in Vermont for retired ice cream flavours
WkYn4 TIL after the festival Burning Man, a cleaning crew combs through the grounds to clean up “MOOP” or trash as small as single hairs from wigs in order to pass a federal inspection.