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TIL there is a condition called Situs Inversus in which all of your organs are exactly mirrored from a normal person’s.

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OO7Y TIL Henry Kissinger once complained about the lack of recognition of America’s role in the overthrow of Chile’s popularly elected government in 1973, which eventually led to a notorious military dictatorship.
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