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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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DNJv TIL there’s an annual lying competition in England, and competitors from around the world have five minutes to tell the biggest and most convincing lie they can. Politicians and lawyers are banned from entering because they’re thought to be too good at it.
d8R9E TIL the ‘Swiss Army Man’ directors had a dummy made up of Daniel Radcliffe, assuming he didn’t want to do the weird, nude, farting stunts and lay around in dirt. But he loved it so much, he insisted on doing every scene.
1a968 TIL in 1869, three days into his new presidency, President Grant revoked two pardons given by President Johnson. The two unpardoned men challenged it in federal court and lost.
0wKxA TIL that in Israel, surrogate sex therapy - in which a person is hired to act as a patient's sexual partner - is available at government expense for soldiers who have been badly injured and need sexual rehabilitation.
aw6kN TIL the author of Jaws became an avid shark conservationist and would recast the shark as the victim if he had to it over.