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TIL Periconceptional alcohol consumption by fathers is associated with an increased risk of 1.43 times for autism and 2.71 times for ADHD

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4XyOg TIL that the countries of Liechtenstein and Haiti used the same flag for nearly century, a fact that was only discovered when the two nations met during the 1937 Summer Olympics.
e0RPn TIL the “Runners High” we experience after exercise likely has little to do with Endorphins, and is instead a result of internally produced Canabbinoids
PpvO TIL that the Japanese invaded most of Malaysia while riding their bicycles during WW2
p6Ye TIL the famous sci-fi series, Dune, was rejected by nearly twenty book publishers when Frank Herbert sought to publish them.
p8erp TIL During WWII chemists dissolved in acid large Nobel Prize medals with the engraved names of Max von Laue and James Franck to hide them from Germans. Solution of black liquid in two unmarked jars sat on a laboratory shelf. After the war the Nobel Foundation recast them and returned to the owners.