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TIL that 555 is the Thai variation of LOL, as 5 in Thai is pronounced ‘ha’, three of them being “hahaha”

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oRvrr TIL that there is a vast illegal black market for blood in India. Selling blood and paying donors in India is illegal, but across the country, a vast "red market" proliferates. People are even kept prisoner in 'Blood Farms' and harvested for their blood.
xVvMD TIL The First successful Kidney Transplant took place in 1954 when Ronald Herrick, 23, had agreed to donate one of his kidneys to his identical twin brother, Richard, who was dying of kidney failure
neL19 TIL that Mike Tyson knocked out another kid for ripping the head off of a pigeon. Tyson had grown up with nothing & found that feeding and spending time with them was an honour & got him away from all the bullying he had endured. To this day he still loves & has his own collection of racing pigeons.
6EpAX TIL that when left untreated, rabies has perhaps the highest mortality rates of any virus or disease, virtually 100% fatal.
ANNG7 TIL that a man robbed a bank for $1 in order to get sent to prison and receive treatment for pancreatic cancer. However, once inside he learned he did not have cancer, and struck a deal with prosecutors for an early release after one year in prison.