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TIL: If you’re 18-43, healthy and can stick a cotton swab in your mouth, you can join the National Bone Marrow Registry for free, and maybe, save a life.

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P1JrZ TIL about Humus Sapien, created by Michael Barreiro that won a contest to have a fan-submitted character become a Marvel character in FOOM, the official Marvel fanzine, in 1973, and was eventually officially published in a Marvel comic-in 2001.
YpykA TIL: The World Wingsuit League held the first and second World Wingsuit Championships in Tianmen. On October 8, 2013, during a training jump for the second world championships, Viktor Kováts plunged to his death when he was unable to open his parachute.
6EDPm TIL more than half the US states have laws requiring employers to give people time off to vote. Some states even require the employer to pay your wages while you're voting!
d8lpr TIL that there is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting for the reconstruction of the old Penn Station, as it was from 1910-1963.
m1nJx TIL Friday Feb 16th 2024 will be known as the black friday to the GOP