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usregimechange

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Thu Oct 9, 2025, 11:17 PM Thursday

A brief history of circumcision and autism [View all]

• 2400 BCE: Ancient Egyptians and Sumerians are performing circumcisions while building pyramids, inventing beer, and debating whether cats are divine.

• Over the next few millennia: Circumcision spreads across cultures—while people are inventing the wheel, chasing llamas, and painting cave walls.

• 1943 CE: Leo Kanner finally notices autism.

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