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TIL That you will be fined in Australia if you do not vote.

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QJk9a TIL that in 2003, a 17-year-old transplant patient died after receiving organs with the wrong blood type. The error occurred because everyone assumed that someone else checked the blood type.
lo5yN TIL the first SMS text message was sent 27 years ago in December 1992 and simply said “Merry Christmas “
yVXPa TIL that permanent daylight savings time in the US was briefly enacted by president Nixon in 1974. The new permanent DST law was reversed after one year because people didn't like it.
KOJnB TIL Abba's 1981 album The Visitors was one of the first records ever to be recorded and mixed digitally, and was the first in history to be pressed on the new CD format in 1982
PY6KJ TIL If you eat a polar bear liver, you will die. Humans can't handle that much vitamin A.