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TIL many organ donation recipients report new traits and tendencies (such as food cravings) that they share with their donor.

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oRnXL TIL: The oldest recorded joke is from the Bronze Age. The joke goes: "What has never happened since time immemorial? A young wife has not farted on her husband's lap.
RjO7 TIL of the “Perpetual Stew” - common in mediaeval inns, a pot containing whatever they caught or dug up, just cooking and cooking and getting replenished continuously.
ndA9 TIL there is a proposal to allow for the free movement of people between Canada, the U.K., New Zealand and Australia, which in a poll of 67,000 people, over 90% were in favor of
QnOe TIL science fiction writer Isaac Asimov died from complications of HIV due to a blood transfusion. For the next 10 years, the public wasn’t told he died of HIV.
ANgpd TIL about Scottish guitarist Bert Jansch whose uncredited work influenced Paul Simon, Jimmy Page, and Neil Young. A true folk vagabond, Jansch didn’t even own a guitar in his early career, only playing venues that were willing to lend him one.