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TIL: One of the first signs of a blood type mismatch in a transfusion is ‘a feeling of impending doom.’

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nWnxY TIL that in 1963, the song “Ue o Muite Aruko” became the first Japanese-language song to top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song was written to express frustration at American military bases being allowed to remain in Japan.
vG9B TIL 61 percent of women in rural China hide incidents of extreme domestic abuse or seek treatment under fake names. The country has no national law to protect women from abuse.
W76VL TIL about Maundy Money. In Britain, the day before Good Friday, the reigning monarch personally gives elderly parishioners a specially struck set of coins (with their combined value adding up to the monarch’s age). Recipients are chosen based on their service to the church or their diocese.
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