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TIL Iran pays people to donate kidneys, and has no waiting list for kidney transplantation

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GAZ6N TIL In the early 2000's the original trilogy of Star War ran on tv in Chilie and they incorporated beer ads into the movies
xkPb TIL That Alan Turing (who created a precursor to the modern computer), committed suicide in 1954. Two years prior, he had been “convicted” of homosexuality, in which he was forced to undergo hormonal treatments and lost security clearance to continue his research.
X0X5r TIL Multiple places in Europe have a tradition of making Love-Spoons, which are decoratively carved spoons given to women by their suitors.
BM9k TIL that by tradition, a portrait of Franklin Roosevelt hangs over the mantel of the Roosevelt Room during the administration of a president from the Democratic Party and a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt is hung up and during the administration of a Republican president
ZbKG TIL that 40% of the total number of slaves brought to the Americas went to Brazil, six or seven times that of the United States.