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TIL Scientists and mathematicians test higher on autism spectrum

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JYQ0k TIL that while Nashville has a beautiful recreation of the Parthenon according to how it would look to the Ancient Greeks, Memphis has the world’s tenth largest pyramid and they decided to put a Bass Pro Shop in it
LQOyv TIL that the Venetian Patent Statute, in 1474, is widely accepted to be the basis for the earliest patent system in the world.
4Xxxw TIL Popeye the Sailor Man was loosely based on a man named Rocky Feigel from Chester Illinois.
JYlV8 TIL that Beach Boys lead songwriter and musical icon Brian Wilson made a hip-hop song
nWMP TIL that a set of simple algorithms can give rise to amazingly complex patterns that are able to transform, breed, travel, and create. It’s Conway’s Game of Life, and in principle it is the same way organic molecules work together to create the patterns that are life.