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TIL Scientists and mathematicians test higher on autism spectrum

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J1yRQ TIL the largest most powerful ship in the Russian navy in WW2 was an old British battleship renamed as Arkhangelsk (formerly HMS Royal Sovereign)
5eB TIL the youngest person to have been executed in the US was 14 years old. A bible was used to boost him up onto the electric chair, and his trial only lasted 2 and a half hours.
R7mWa TIL That the phrase "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater" originates because in medieval ages, people shared scarce bathwater and by the time the baby was bathed, the water was so murky that the baby was in danger of being thrown out unseen
0wlwL TIL that the worst maritime disaster of the 21st Century was the loss of "MV Le Joola". Some victims were trapped in the hull for 4 hours before the ship finally submerged. Only 64 survived out of a total of 1,927 people on board.
v1RbB TIL that Apelles, an ancient Greek painter, was considered by many, including Pliny, to be the greatest artist in the world. Pliny recorded that Alexander the Great so admired Apelles's work that he gave his concubine to him. Today, none of Apelles's original works have survived.