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

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PYRlJ TIL Church's Fried Chicken was a major supporter of chess in the 1970s, with the San Antonio Church's Fried Chicken Inc. 1st International Chess Tournament in 1972 being considered one of the most important chess tournaments on American soil.
OoMpL TIL that Lyndon B. Johnson owned an amphibious car and would prank visitors to his ranch by driving down a hill into his lake while yelling that he had bad brakes
WW68 TIL “Walking Corpse Syndrome” is a mental condition in which sufferers believe they are missing internal organs, have no blood, or that they are dead outright. PET scans of a patient showed he exhibited brain activity similar to someone asleep or under anaesthesia
5V5XR TIL The original lyrics to 'Le Freak' were 'fuck off'. Written after the band was denied entry to Studio 54 New Years eve 1977.
69RVJ TIL that you have to oil cutting boards...