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TIL Despite the term 'blood donation', the blood market is actually a multi billion dollar industry and blood given for free by donors is then sold on the open market for profit for as much as $600 per pint, a cost passed down to patients.

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lojQr TIL about transculturation, a process in which cultures living together adopt one another's practices (generally benefitting the culture in power). An example is Our Lady of Guadalupe, who first appeared at a location already sacred in Aztec times and gradually became the patron saint of Mexico.
M7Qda TIL, there was a Cocaine-infused tablet called “Forced March” taken on the North Pole Expedition by Shackleton. As label explains: “Allays hunger and prolongs the power of endurance.”
jE6v TIL Arizona tea gallon jugs are flood filled and squeezed so that it is full to the cap so when they purify it with heat even the cap is decontaminated
X0OJk TIL Walmart is not allowed in NYC, but Target is
VMlw4 TIL: billboards featuring naked breasts caused 517 traffic accidents in 1 day.