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TIL Blood Donors Aren’t Getting Paid, But Their Blood Is Being Sold. Blood is sold to hospitals, biomedical companies, academic centers, and pharmaceutical companies.

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oR75r TIL in 1731, Prince Frederick, the heir to British throne, pseudonymously wrote a comedic play and had it staged at the Drury Lane Theatre. It was so bad, the theatre owner had soldiers stationed in the audience to maintain order and provided refunds at the end of the night.
ANAMg TIL of a Bolivian beverage called « Cocoroco » that boasts an incredibly high alcohol content of 96%.
v17Kx TIL about Moravec's paradox which says that reasoning requires less computation while perception requires enormous computation
9YJjm TIL of Charles II of Navarre, or Charles "The Bad" - a continued schemer and manipulator throughout the Hundred Years War. Riddled with disease at the age of 54, he was encased in brandy soaked bandages. His incineration in a medical accident was widely considered at the time to be god's justice
4XbJ TIL that ARTIE, the strongest man in the world, does the voice of KAHN on king of the hill, and he’s not even asian