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TIL: There is a program called No One Dies Alone (NODA) that pairs volunteers with terminally ill patients who have no companions or family to be with them in their final days

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neMr7 TIL Iran has the highest number of US college alums serving in any foreign government cabinet.
yQZ5p TIL that pounds are abbreviated to "lbs" because it is derived from the ancient Roman unit of measure "libra pondo", meaning "a pound by weight". "Pounds" came from the "pondo" part while "lbs" is an abbreviation of the "libra" part.
7rGxL TIL Darwin was afraid that flowers would ruin his theory of evolution
RDR1 TIL when the UK withdraws from Afghanistan later this year it will be the first time the country has not been at war for a hundred years
VMZD4 TIL in 1998 Two set of Family, a Christian from Siberia Russia and the other a Muslim Tajikistan native, got their 1st born daughters accidentally swapped at birth. The mistake was discovered 12 yrs later. The divorced Russian couple went thru DNA test for the settlement of alimony.