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TIL about a woman who donated her kidney to her boss and was subsequently fired when she took too long to recover after the surgery

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VBJ6B TIL: The most predominantly Baptist state in the world is in Nagaland, India, where 75% of the population are Baptist Christians. Mississippi is 55% Baptist, by comparison.
RMj7 TIL Alabama voters, in 2000, repealed the law that banned interracial marriage, which the US Supreme Court had already ruled unconstitutional 33 years earlier in Loving vs. Virginia. Despite the law already being unconstitutional, 41% of Alabama voters still voted against the repeal.
Meo08 TIL the rate of suicide among 10 to 14-year-olds has doubled over the last 30 years.
woVdE TIL a man named Thomas Thompson once mistook a dead sailor from the SS James Carruthers as his son, organized a funeral, and then yelled at his son for showing up alive at his own wake.
0wZNR TIL giant tortoises on whaling voyages were stored helplessly on their backs for up to six months before being killed and eaten. While alive, they drank gallons of water at a time and kept it in a special bladder, making a properly-butchered tortoise a source of cool, perfectly drinkable water.