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TIL: Car accidents account for only around 15% of organ donations so even if widespread autonomous vehicles are safer they won't impact transplants much.

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VJjD TIL there is a long-standing and heated territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark over an uninhabited island. Interestingly, if the island is split in half as recently proposed, it would double the number of land borders of each country.
MewoV TIL of Chicago's Leather Archives and Museum, an institution dedicated to preserving leather, kink, fetish, and BDSM history and culture and making it more accessible to the public.
v1pn7 TIL Karen is a man’s name outside of Germanic-based languages
Oo0La TIL Japan has a ghostly folklore legend like Bloody Mary. It walks behind you when you’re alone outside. Its named Betobeto-san because wooden sandals make that sound on the ground. But its not dangerous. You simply step aside and say, ‘After you Betobeto-san!’ and it goes on ahead of you.
Me11b TIL that when someone is poor from spending their money on luxuries instead of necessities, they are living in "secondary poverty".