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TIL that the first medical diagnosis describing ADHD was in 1775, which is also the same year that the steam engine was patented and successfully mass-produced.

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AeLl TIL that a furious riot that killed upwards of thirty thousand people in ancient Rome was started when a Roman soldier bared his rear and farted toward an audience of Jews celebrating Passover. This is also considered by many to be the first recorded “mooning”.
e0vJg TIL that the Boston Bomber, the Unabomber, Terry Nichols and Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán all are being held in the same prison
ANApw TIL some dogs eat their own poop to destroy the evidence because they’re worried about being punished.
wLrY1 TIL during the last ice age icebergs were found as far south as Miami
J1Jkl TIL the Harvard professor on administrative leave over falsified research data, Francesca Gino, published a book with the subtitle, "Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and In Life"