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TIL the average age people on the autism spectrum die is only 36

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OoOp6 Today I learned a cult called "The Family" believed their leader, Anne Hamilton-Byrne, was Jesus reincarnated as a female and her inner circle was the reincarnated disciples of Jesus
85X TIL Lobsters will become cannibalistic when in captivity and the rubber bands around their claws are there to keep them from eating each other
nx1d TIL in 1858 a sweets seller in Bradford, England known as Humbug Billy accidentally produced peppermint humbugs containing lethal doses of arsenic killing approximately 20 people.
dDa49 TIL despite his movies frequently bombing in the US Adam Sandler is massively popular on the international market and in Latin America especially.
lOB1 TIL during WW2 a mix of high explosive and flour was given to guerrillas fighting the Japanese. Codenamed ‘Aunt Jemima’, it could be safely cooked into pancakes and eaten. Uneaten pancakes or unused dough could still be used later as explosives. 15 tons were used; the ruse was never discovered.