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TIL that 30% of those with ADHD do not finish high school (10% for non-AHDH), 40% get pregnant as teens (4%), 60% are accident prone (10%), 50% get into a serious car crash (17%), and 54% get fired from a least one job (31%) respectively.

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XbD6 TIL Time doesn’t actually (even perceivably) appear to slow down during life threatening situations - the brain simply makes more dense and detailed memories of the event which makes it seem in retrospect to have lasted longer.
d8P0K TIL, Jessica Watson was the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world all on her own, and she was even awarded the Order of Australia Medal for completing a southern hemisphere solo circumnavigation.
Z88RG TIL that in Holland after WW2 many men named "Adolf" changed they're name to "Dolf" to not be associated with Adolf hitler
b665N TIL a study found that playing World of Warcraft for 14 hours over the course of two weeks may boost cognitive ability among seniors between 60 and 77 years old.