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TIL: Penguin Poop Powers Antarctic Cloud Formation.

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5YKA8 TIL The teen who sold a kidney for an iPhone is now attached to a dialysis machine. He suffered organ failure, and is likely to be bedridden for life after suffering renal deficiency. He could get a transplant for $336,000 AUD on the black market - more than 80 times what he received for his kidney.
m1kMR TIL that German philosopher Reiner Schürmann, at first destined to be a Dominican priest, withdrew from priesthood paths after studying under Martin Heidegger, developed the concept of an "anarchy principle" toward being and acting meant to truly overcome metaphysics, and died of AIDS complications
NAV6 TIL that there is an environmental movement that wants humans to voluntarily stop reproducing until we go extinct. Their slogan is “May we live long and die out”
9YDWG TIL that during the Great Depression, fake currency called Depression Scrip (which were things such as shells, wood, paper, etc) was used as local currency instead of US dollars due to banks being closed.
QLZp TIL that a hostage in the Iranian Embassy Siege was released due to his loud snoring which kept up other hostages up at night.