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TIL while bat sleeps head down, they still flip around, head up to pee.

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loXpA TIL political prisoners in China are being executed "on demand" in order to provide organs to recipients. One estimate suggests approximately 65,000 have been executed for their organs between 2000 and 2008. Median wait time for a kidney transplant: Canada - 6 years, UK - 3 years, China - 1 week.
mmRY TIL The US Government produced $2.10 pistol called the FP-45 Liberator in 1942 ($30 in 2013) to be used by resistance fighters during WWII in Europe. 500,000 were produced and are considered very collectible today.
dDvoQ TIL that exactly one week after the finale of the reality show Murder in Small Town X, the winner, firefighter Ángel Juarbe Jr., died in the 9/11 attacks.
wLrVE TIL The "Y.M.C.A" dance originated in 1979 episode of American Bandstand which featured the Village People as guests. The dance was performed by audience members while the group performed the song. Dick Clark showed the audience doing the YMCA gestures & the group incorporated it into their routine.
vP4Px TIL Max Brooks is a senior fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, and “his books have inspired the U.S. military to examine how they may respond to potential crises in the future”.