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TIL a kidney is donated, the single normal kidney will increase in size to compensate for the loss of the donated kidney.

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OokXX TIL that in the 70s, Stephen King published several books under a pseudonym, partly to test whether his fame was due to luck or talent: “Thinner did 28,000 copies when Bachman was the author . . . 280,000 when Steve King became the author . . . might tell you something, huh?
9Apm TIL the first (Russian) spacewalk encountered problems leading to reentry deep in Siberia, where the astronauts had to camp in the reentry module overnight to keep bears and wolves at bay.
5YBgB TIL that Issus Coleopratus nymphs have functioning mechanical gears on their thighs that they use to synchronize their leg movements when jumping
VM8D4 TIL there is a spinner on the bottom of UK pedestrian crossing buttons to help blind people know when the lights are red so it is safe to cross.
rd0W TIL That it in Idaho it is legal for cyclists to treat a stop sign as a yield sign, and a red light as a stop sign. This law commonly referred to as the “Idaho Stop”, and has not been adopted in any other state.