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TIL In 1984 "Baby Fae" received a baboon heart transplant at just 11 days old and survived 21 days before rejecting it.

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OGgXe TIL: The Swingjugend was a German counter culture group of teenagers who admired the American way of life and thought the Hitler's Youth was uncool compared to the swing scene. They called their opposition the "Homo Youth" and too chaste (virgins). Their leaders were sent to the camps.
vPYb8 TIL that 'Bend It Like Beckham' (2002) was the first ever Western-made film to air on television in North Korea
0wyxp TIL that the bassist of Rage Against the Machine once climbed the set of the MTV Video Music Awards to protest not winning Best Rock Video
ADpX7 TIL that the tradition of US presidents serving only two terms was started by Thomas Jefferson, not George Washington, and the myth that it was Washington's idea was started by Jefferson himself
Lky7P TIL of Monica Bonilla, a girl who was kidnapped by her father in 1982. 8 years later, Unresolved Mysteries aired a segment on her and a viewer gave a tip that a girl they knew resembled her. They were mistaken. By chance, the tip still led police to Monica, and they rescued her from her father.