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21/02/2026

WHY IS AUTISM RISK 6 TIMES HIGHER IN KIDS OF FATHERS OVER 40? Every year your dad waited to have you, he passed on TWO extra DNA mutations from his aging s***m. Autism rates? Up 70-FOLD since the 1960s. Everyone blames vaccines or toxins, but Icelandic researchers sequenced families and found dads over 40 give kids 5.75 TIMES higher autism risk. And average first-time dad age? Climbed from 27 in 1970 to over 31 today. Is this a hidden biological time bomb? Watch the full breakdown on our YouTube page: Factrium.

15/02/2026

THE RISE IN AUTISM : DIAGNOSIS OR EPIDEMIC?
In 1980, the rules for an autism diagnosis were so narrow that making eye contact could disqualify a child entirely. Today, diagnoses have quadrupled, jumping from 1 in 150 to 1 in 36 in just two decades. Is this a genuine biological epidemic or a result of medical "rulebooks" being rewritten four times? We’re diving into the hidden history of the DSM and the "diagnostic substitution" that changed everything. Watch the full investigation on our YouTube page: Factrium.

THE AUTISM EPIDEMIC : IS IT REAL?
14/02/2026

THE AUTISM EPIDEMIC : IS IT REAL?

For 60 years, autism diagnoses skyrocketed 70-fold—from 1 in 2,500 children to 1 in 36—and everyone assumed we were facing a genuine epidemic. Then researche...

For 100 years, every generation scored 30 IQ points higher than their parents—your grandparents would test as intellectu...
30/01/2026

For 100 years, every generation scored 30 IQ points higher than their parents—your grandparents would test as intellectually disabled by today's standards—and nobody could explain why.

For 100 years, every generation scored 30 IQ points higher than their parents—your grandparents would test as intellectually disabled by today's standards—an...

Dive into what IQ really measures
17/01/2026

Dive into what IQ really measures

For 100 years, every generation scored 30 IQ points higher than their parents—your grandparents would test as intellectually disabled by today's standards—an...

In the Indian Ocean's remote spots, there exists a real creature known as the scaly-foot snail or sea pangolin. These go...
03/08/2023

In the Indian Ocean's remote spots, there exists a real creature known as the scaly-foot snail or sea pangolin. These golden snails with iron scales on their foot inhabit extreme environments, living miles below the ocean surface on hydrothermal vents with temperatures exceeding 300°C (572°F) and toxic chemicals.

Their unique lifestyle revolves around bacteria in a pouch in their throat, converting vent chemicals into energy for their food. The snails have massive gills and a large heart to support this symbiotic relationship.

The internal structure of their scales acts as tiny exhaust pipes, drawing the dangerous sulphur away from the snails’ soft tissues and depositing it as a harmless iron-based compound on the outside.
These snails are truly fascinating and rare organisms.

BIZZARE ‘VIRGIN’ PREGNANCY IN SOUTH AFRICA
21/05/2022

BIZZARE ‘VIRGIN’ PREGNANCY IN SOUTH AFRICA

Dr Douwe Verkuyl published an article in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology about a teenage girl from Lesotho who was rushed to a hospital bec...

HOW NORTH AFRICANS SOLD OVER 1 MILLION EUROPEAN SLAVES
14/05/2022

HOW NORTH AFRICANS SOLD OVER 1 MILLION EUROPEAN SLAVES

For over 300 years, the coastlines of England were at the mercy of Barbary pirates from the coast of North Africa, who attacked and plundered the English Cha...

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