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TIL: Autism can be detected with a 92% certainty just by looking at how fast the pupils dilate (Pupillary Light Reflex in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders)

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eLmn TIL Catholics are forbidden from joining Masonic organizations and those who do are subsequently in a “state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion.”
b94k7 TIL pirates wore an eye patche so when they went below deck they could switch the patch to the other eye to see in the dark right away without waiting for their eyes to adjust.
9we0p TIL that from the 16th century through the 18th century, there was a breed of dog called the Turnspit dog, whose's sole purpose was to run on a wheel in order to turn meat so it would cook evenly.
kJO61 TIL that at 9:55 pm every night many soldiers on both sides of WWII in Europe tuned their radios to the same station (the German-controlled Radio Belgrade) to listen to a nightly broadcast of the wistful love song "Lili Marleen", which had been virtually unknown before the war
0wQ1N TIL that the Buddha could fully draw his penis into his body, and nobody could feel sexual desire for him