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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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5LD9 TIL that in Iceland the belief in Elves is so pervasive that it can determine government action. From roads avoiding large rocks (where the Elves “live”) to construction permits sometimes requiring the aide of a mystic who can ask the elves to move.
wLwDo TIL the “Q” in Q-tip stands for “quality”.
ANMA7 TIL that planet Vulcan was a small hypothetical planet proposed in 1859 to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun, this hypothesis has been disproven in 1915 by Einstein's theory of relativity
yVyGe TIL that those that use NAC regularly are regularly blocking about 20 percent of their DAO enzyme. DAO is a enzyme responsible for disposing of histamine in the blood. Supplementation of DAO would be beneficial for those who use NAC.
v1e54 TIL that in 1972, artist Dieter Meier installed a commemorative plaque at the railway station in Kassel, Germany, which read: "On 23 March 1994, from 3 to 4 pm, Dieter Meier will stand on this plaque". He honored the promise 22 years later.