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TIL Water doesn't always boil at 100 degrees

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Adwa TIL from 2003-2009, only 130 people in China volunteered to be organ donors.
KOpLE TIL of Coca-Cola's failed "Magican" campaign. They sold cans that contained spring loaded tabs to dispense cash prizes. Prize cans contained a foul smelling liquid instead of cola to prevent drinking. Though harmless, one child drank it and Coca-Cola ended the campaign 3 weeks later due to backlash.
0kl1 TIL: Even in Acient Rome, Sport Referees were hated. A Gladiator’s tombstone complains about bad refs 1,800 years ago!
a8wgJ TIL that Genghis khan killed approximately 10% of the population, or 40 million people, during his lifetime.
VBOnD Today I learned that beluga whales have squishy (and very cute) heads that assist with echolocation (credit: Randomness-youtube)