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TIL The Red Cross sells the blood that people donate

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a8vab TIL Rockall is an uninhabited islet in the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone (EEC). In 1997 the British recognized Rockall wasn't an island and gave up all EEC claims it could have made, Rockall is the only case of a state voluntarily downgrading an insular feature to "a rock".
VMAk0 TIL that Belgium holds the Guinness world record for the longest period of time needed to form an official government
oRw6E TIL flannel refers to a type of fabric, not a plaid or tartan pattern. "[N]ot all flannel shirts are plaid and not all plaid shirts are flannel."
D9jg TIL when a US Navy ship returns from deployment the first sailors allowed off the ship are sailors whose wives gave birth while they were away
1YZP TIL the Opposite of a ‘Vicious Cycle’ is called a 'Virtuous Cycle.’ It is used to describe When Positive events or changes cause more and more positive events in a cascading effect.