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TIL the largest billboard in the world is 6,260 square meters [Larger than an NFL football field]

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kOblB TIL that when yakuza boss Tadamasa Goto wanted to have a liver transplant performed in USA in 2001, he donated 100 thousand dollars to the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. The gangster jumped the queue and got the liver; that year, 186 people in the Los Angeles region died waiting for livers.
1aEod TIL that although pandas have switched to a bamboo only diet for 2.4 million years, they have experienced little to no changes in their digestive system and are completely able to eat and digest meat.
l79y7 TIL About Morton's Toe, a condition where the second toe is longer than the first toe. This is also known as a Greek foot, as opposed to the Egyptian's foot where the first toe is longer than the second toe. Only less than a quarter of the population has Morton's Toe.
D1jPe TIL that after the Panic of 1837, Richard Mentor Johnson, the incumbent Vice President, returned to his home state in Kentucky and opened a tavern and spa on his farm to offset his continued financial struggles.
EO8d TIL that while in Egypt, Napoleon Bonaparte had a paranormal experience at the King’s Chamber in Giza. He was visibly shaken afterwards and asked that it never be mentioned again.