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TIL Iran eliminated its kidney transplant waiting list by incentivizing unrelated donors with financial compensation and heath insurance

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QJl8e TIL the East German Stasi used psych warfare called Zersetzung against dissidents. Tactics involved breaking into homes and subtly manipulating the contents; moving furniture, altering alarms, removing pictures from walls. Many thought they were losing their minds, and had mental breakdowns.
bDkZ TIL Male Victims of Domestic Violence who call law enforcement for help are statistically more likely to be arrested themselves than their female partners. - Source: The National Institute of Health [PDF]
myeY TIL the United Kingdom writes, prints and stores all of its laws on goatskin
d8Klj TIL until modern times, when artificial lighting allowed us to stay awake longer, most people would go to bed around sunset. The actual time spent sleeping was split into two phases – known as first sleep and second sleep.
W7oyL TIL Canada was the first country to declare war on Japan in the Second World War