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TIL everyone is Iceland is automatically an organ donor unless they specifically opt out

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veLr TIL letters sent to London Newspapers by Jack The Ripper had a sample of saliva from their stamps tested in 2006. The results seemed to point to the sender of the letters being a woman.
YpdPZ TIL The cast of FRIENDS each made $1M per episode in the final two seasons and now make $20M per year per cast member for reruns. The show still generates $1B/year for Warner Bros. All thanks to David Schwimmer encouraging the cast to negotiate as a team.
mxM1E TIL Hatzegopteryx was the largest flying animal ever. With a skull nearly 3 meters long and a 10 meter wingspan, it was as tall as a giraffe and the top predator feeding on small dinosaurs
N750P TIL Serena Williams was disqualified from the 2009 U.S. Open tournament for threatening a line judge.
vP0xB TIL about Operation X-Ray, a WW2 program to develop an incendiary bomb attached to the chests of bats. Dropped in a tube over Japanese cities, it was thought that the bats would go to roost under the eaves of the largely wooden buildings, and when the timed devices went off, the cities would burn.