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TIL while 95% of U.S. adults support organ donation, only 54% are actually signed up as donors.

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OoEng TIL that in 1987 students from Caltech changed the Hollywood sign to read CALTECH
9YovX TIL that during WWII, in Norway, it was illegal to stand on the bus if there were seats available. This is because Norwegians often refused to sit beside Germans on the bus, which annoyed them so much that they made it illegal.
y61V TIL Leonardo da Vinci recommended gazing at stains on a wall or similar random marks as a stimulus to creative fantasy.
Y7G67 TIL about a study analyzing chess games played in professional tournaments from 1890 to 2014, examining how age affects cognitive ability. It found that individual performance increases sharply until the early 20s, levels off, peaks around 35, and then gradually declines with age.
mxV9y TIL that in some highschools in Japan the students need to hatch and raise chickens before killing and eating them.