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TIL A major factor in why people refuse to become organ donors is because the uncomfortable environment at the DMV makes people less willing to be altruistic

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46Yb TIL that despite his illegal and often homicidal tendencies, Al Capone set up multiple soup kitchens for those in need following the Stock Market crash in 1929.
Glb5 TIL that serial killer Robert Pickton fashioned a dildo to the barrel of a .22 caliber revolver to act as a makeshift silencer.
4DGX TIL Smokejumper Wag Dodge survived being engulfed in a forest fire by lighting a fire and standing in the charred remains.
K9AB TIL The TSA does not perform background checks on employees
0wLMN TIL Wally Amos, of Famous Amos cookies, was also the host of an adult learning program, Learn to Read on PBS in the late ‘80s. He has been advocating and promoting literacy for nearly his entire life.