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TIL Asperger’s syndrome used to be called “autistic psychopathy”

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M7bNm TIL that there was a real-life Lord of the Flies-esque situation where school boys were stuck on a deserted island for 15 months but the boys banded together rather than feuding.
6NYX TIL on February 15, 1933, the Mayor of Chicago was shot by an Assassin who was instead aiming at President FDR. The Mayors reportedly said on the way to the hospital, where he later died: “I’m glad it was me and not you, Mr. President”
ol4W TIL 80% of white tigers will die of birth defects as a result of inbreeding.
DM9g TIL Saudi Arabia purchased a large chunk of land in Arizona just to grow hay and ship it back to their dairy farms.
nWj1G TIL sheep, goats, llamas, and donkeys graze the O’Hare Airport property each season