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TIL China harvests organs from political prisoners and, consequentially, has the world’s shortest wait time for organ transplants

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ADodg TIL IKEA allowed a giant hide-and-seek game in a store for the 30th birthday of a woman who planned the meet-up on FB; over 1K people signed up to play. More hide-and-seek parties popped up on FB including 19K signing up in Amsterdam. IKEA no longer allows hide-and-seek in their stores.
PPBE TIL due to the additional weight of the added lifeboats after the Titanic disaster, the already unstable Eastland capsized in port killing 844 people.
P1LNg TIL that people who attempted suicide are statistically likely to have chronic inflammation (a faulty immune system response where you basically get sick for no reason all the time).
ADK1d TIL that Microsoft has, in the past, attempted to acquire Apple, Comcast, AT&T, WebMD, Best Buy, Audible and Facebook.
e0wK5 TIL Movies have their own style of grocery bags that are silent for better sound recording.