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TIL that while Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse any blood products/transfusions, they accept solid organ transplants, like kidneys, pancreas, etc.

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Oo8LX TIL of the Lead-Crime hypothesis which states there is a proposed link between childhood exposure to lead and increases in violent crime later in life. The hypothesis argues that the removal of lead additives from motor fuel and the decline in lead exposure explains the reduction in crime after 1990
OoNR7 TIL that in the 12th century, Bologna [Italy] had up to 180 towers as high as 97 metres [318 feet] which made it look like a medieval manhattan.
Org4 TIL that in MIT students once put a police car on top of MIT’s dome overnight with the flashing warning lights still in operation with a dummy policeman inside holding a box of donuts and coffee.
xV4Yb TIL: Despite common misconception Ben Franklin did not propose Daylight Saving Time. Modern DST was first proposed to the Wellington Philosophical Society NZ in 1895 & first enacted in Port Arthur Canada in 1905
R7W66 TIL: 'Budgie' & 'Parakeet' can refer to the same small Australian parrot, the Budgerigar. In nature it is mostly green, in captivity blues, whites & greys are also bred