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TIL in Singapore, anyone of sound mind and over 21, will have their heart, lung, kidneys automatically donated if they do not opt out

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xBZ0 TIL IMDB’s lowest ranked film is an Indian film called ‘Gunday’ which attained it’s rank because of a “downvote brigade” organized by a Bangladeshi nationalist group through the hashtag #GundayHumiliatedHistoryOfBangladesh
0eP1 TIL the “XXX” symbol on jugs of moonshine is an indicator of how many times it has been through the still. Each X indicates one run; three X’s means pure alcohol.
OoQee TIL a man named David Gonzalez was renovating a home he purchased for $10,100. Inside a wall he found a copy of action comics #1 featuring the debut of superman. The comic sold at auction for $175,000. Afterwards he found a copy of superman #4 from the spring of 1940 worth between $500 and $5,000
epM5J TIL that in the short story "Button, Button" (press button, get $ and someone you don't know dies) the husband dies because the wife didn't "really" know him and the author hated the Twilight Zone ending where the button was given to a stranger after being pressed
gr7D7 TIL the longest escalator in the western hemisphere is at Wheaton station in Wheaton, Maryland (DC Area)