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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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7wJO TIL that Bob Denver allowed Make-a-Wish kids to rescue him from an island. In full Gilligan costume.
OwQg TIL more than 130 years after Darwin suggested that a large moth pollinated an African orchid, his 1862 hypothesis was confirmed. Darwin had postulated the existence of an otherwise unknown species of insect based purely on the size of the flower and his understanding of evolution and ecology.
xVYnb TIL that there was a youth movement against the Hitler Youth in Nazi Germany.
xWxw TIL that childhood trauma (like being emotionally neglected or losing a parent) increases the likelihood of the adult onset of chronic disease like cancer, heart disease, and mental illness along with being more likely to be violent, have their lives shortened by 20 years, be an alcoholic, and more.
JLr4 TIL Every year the British Medical Journal publishes an issue full of joke science, like one paper that said men die before women because they are stupid. But years later these articles are cited by scientists as real, and this is causing a lot of problems.