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TIL in 2012, a man sacrificed his kidney in order to save his younger sister but his efforts ended in vain when a nurse mistakenly disposed the donated organ. Despite the success of the kidney transplant 3 months later, the family sued the hospital for their negligence.

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W7J6X TIL Appenzell is a village, although it is considered a town, and the capital of the Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. Appenzell has no administration belongs to and is administered by the districts of Appenzell, Schwende and Rüte.
OoPlR TIL President Roosevelt carried on an affair with the Crown Princess of Norway during World War 2
KlXJ TIL oil companies in Alberta’s tar sands use more water in a year than the entire city of Toronto, pay nothing for it, and don’t clean it up
oB6mr TIL that the Yellow Sam betting coup was a successful betting scheme played out at an Irish racetrack in 1975. The elaborate operation was eventually deemed legal, netting over 300K Irish pounds for Barney Curley and his team. Angry bookies paid out in over 100 bags of single bills.
kO0gd TIL Human cloning is federally legal in the United States, and is only banned by 15 states.