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TIL from 2003-2009, only 130 people in China volunteered to be organ donors.

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YpvWv TIL there is a small area of Upstate New York that is actually east of Vermont, outside the town of Whitehall, New York in Washington County. The boundary is the Poultney River, with Vermont on the west side, and New York on the east.
Pwjw TIL in 1991 Maurice Krafft, a french Volcanologist, was filmed saying “I am never afraid because I have seen so many eruptions in 23 years that even if I die tomorrow, I don’t care”. He was killed during an eruption the very next day alongside his wife on Mt. Unzen in Japan.
XEDPk TIL that according to a report about movie theater popcorn by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, "A medium-size buttered popcorn contains more fat than a breakfast of bacon and eggs, a Big Mac and fries, and a steak dinner combined."
7l4P TIL Joe Pesci has only been in 2 movies since 1998.
DQwev TIL some clams can live for more than 500 years (Ming, a Quahog clam lived to 507)