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TIL that transplanted organs can change the host’s personality to align more closely to the donor’s personality.

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WkAPX TIL that "piggy" bank originally had nothing to do with pigs. "Pygg," in Olde English, was a type of clay used to make jars, containers..., and coin banks. It was also pronounced like "pug." As time passed, the "y" in "pygg" was pronounced like a short "I," and the rest is history.
R7Ra7 TIL 71% of firefighters are volunteers.
gMdOD TIL that the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz revolted by throwing three SS personnel into the crematorium furnace alive.
1amnD TIL Tree Shrews are the only other mammal besides us humans that like eating spicy foods
pBrA TIL Tom Hardy had to wear stilts in his boots when portraying Bane in the Dark Knight Rises to make him appear taller and more imposing than Christian Bale’s Batman