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TIL Chinese doctors often bow to donors as a sign of thanks and respect before removing organs upon death

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wYw7 TIL that the official date for Opposite Day is the 25th of January.
GYPJg TIL Luftwaffe pilot Paul Ratz was flying his fw190 fighter near St. Petersburg during ww2 and was shot down. His plane was found years later in a forest and has been restored to flying order since.
VMyQD TIL: Pecan is a Native American word meaning " “all nuts requiring a stone to crack.”
dDvLK TIL Charles de Gaulle was not told about the D-Day landings until 2 days before as the British and French leaders did not believe the French could keep the information secret.
b9eQa TIL humans used to sleep in two shifts. The first sleep of four hours began about two hours after dusk. It is then followed by a waking period of one or two hours where they performed some work, a hobby, relaxation, or sex. And finally, a second sleep followed that lasted until dawn.