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TIL that autistic people have around 27 billion neurons on average. For the sake of comparison, a non autistic adult has around 16 billion neurons, and a chimpanzee around has 8 billion.

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kGvg TIL: Staying silent during interrogation does not invoke your Miranda right to remain silent - you must invoke unambiguously, and silence is not enough to do that.
5V5wD TIL In 1990 Saudi Arabia expelled around 1 million Yemeni workers as the Yemen Govt. supported Saddam Hussain in the Iraqi war against Kuwait, an ally of Saudi Arabia. This resulted Yemen to lose out $3 billion in yearly remittances that these 'foreign' workers normally transferred to their homeland
Z86KY TIL when McDonald's closed all its restaurants in Iceland in 2009, a man decided to buy his last hamburger and fries to see how long it would take to decompose. 10 yrs later, curious observers can watch a livestream of the burger & fries from its current location in a glass cabinet in Snotra House.
QZYp TIL Jackie Chan is leaving his entire $130M fortune to charity upon his death. When asked about his son, Chan replied “If he is capable, he can make his own money. If he is not, then he will just be wasting my money.”
D1Vkg TIL when the NHL rejected a bid by one vote to merge with the WHA, there was a massive boycott of Molson products in Canada. Molson owned the Montreal Canadiens, who didn't want the Quebec Nordiques in the NHL. The boycott prompted Montreal to change its vote to yes, and the leagues merged in 1979.