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TIL of the Blood Bikes, a network of UK organisations that consist of volunteer bikers who transport donated blood, breastmilk and organs quickly between hospitals

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95dG TIL that Google made a detailed, interactive map of the galaxy in HTML5, just to see if they could.
p8POO TIL Cranberries aren't grown under water, instead the fields are flooded with 18 inches of water the night before, in order to harvest the cranberries easier.
neQ0G TIL, the Shibuya Crossing, located in the Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, is said to be the busiest pedestrian intersection in the world. At peak times, over 1000 people cross at the same time, coming from all directions, and there is almost no loss of foot traffic at midnight or early morning.
D1YGj TIL that when an informer told the Roman emperor Julian that a man possessed a purple robe (which was treason and punishable by death, purple being the royal color), Julian dealt with the offender by sending him a pair of purple slippers to complete the outfit.
PjNJ TIL a jealous wife in China chopped off her cheating husband’s penis as he slept, then snuck into his hospital room after he had it sewn back on — and hacked it off again and tossed it out the window.