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TIL that when you get a kidney transplant, they don't replace your kidney(s), they just stick a third one in there.

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6wvl TIL that the largest sea evacuation happened on 9/11. Almost 500, 000 people got evacuated by boat in less than 9 hours.
OGlDa TIL of the Harry Potter prequel manuscript which was auctioned in 2008 and stolen in 2017. It remains missing.
l7YQK TIL the last shot of Terminator where Sarah drives her jeep into a storm was done without a filming permit. James Cameron (who was 29 at the time) told a cop who spotted him that he was a UCLA student.
oBVLA TIL in 1900s there was a death row inmates baseball team and their executions were dependent on their performance.
XyxE TIL After WW1 devastated land France created a “Zone Rouge” designating uninhabitable areas. 100 years later they still exist and will take 700 years to fully clean.