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TIL that when someone needs a kidney transplant, the old kidney is usually left in there, and the new one is put lower in the pelvic area.

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5Y5A8 TIL during the filming of Matilda, Danny Devito and Rhea Perlman; who played Matilda’s parents; would take Mara Wilson on outings with their family to help the actress cope with her mother’s battle, and eventual death, from cancer.
Wk41o TIL that cyclists move fater when they cycle together with others. Interestingly, cockroaches move faster in the presence of others as well. (Triplett, 1897; Zajonc, 1969)
BgX1D TIL A school had a mascot named after a racial slur, and some people are still mad when the school changed the mascot.
VMmoG TIL That 10% of americans have diabetes
M7o77 TIL anyone born in Northern Ireland or a child of a British Northern Irish citizen is entitled to Irish citizenship.