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TIL That the Goodwill will refuse to take your old office chair, bean bags, or box spring mattresses

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ADaXn TIL China's single child policy resulted in groups of people that had never encountered genetic siblings. The notion of "sibling" was a hard one for the children to grasp - a task made more difficult by the Chinese tendency to use the term for "brother" or "sister" when talking about cousins
jd9j TIL A British sailor in WWII escaped his submarine from depths of 171 feet and managed to get to the surface and survive.
eOwJ TIL: Finlands current president survived 2004 tsunami in Thailand by climbing a utility pole with his son.
D1Nke TIL that H. Jon Benjamin (the lead VA on Archer and Bob's Burgers) cannot play piano and does not care for jazz. This did not stop him from being the pianist on a jazz album. It is called "Well, I Should Have Learned How To Play Piano"
Ly0m TIL All 50 states have laws that allow new mothers to give up their babies no questions asked up to 30 days after the birth.