› added 7 years ago

199

TIL that Steve Jobs used a loophole in the UNOS registration system to get his liver transplant before others.

Read more thehealthguider.com

via reddit.com

xVD5D TIL that during the Golden Dragon massacre in 1977, Chinatown gangsters murdered five diners in a botched assassination attempt. After hiding out until morning, the perpetrators bought noodles from the very same restaurant.
R5VKj TIL last year for the first time, the average american ate 100 lbs of chicken
R59Vw TIL that deaths related to heart attacks and heart disease are statistically more common on Christmas and New Year's days.
8eN9G TIL that Florence mills’ house was designated a landmark, but it was the wrong house. The right house had been demolished. This marks the only time a landmark in New York City has been stripped of its label.
VGE8 TIL that Japan and Russia are still technically fighting World War II, a peace treaty having not been signed due to a continuing dispute over a few islands northeast of Japan.