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TIL Spain, Belgium and France have some of the highest Organ Donation rates but not because they voluntarily choose to. It is because the gov has changed the option on the license application where you have to check Opt-out to not be considered a donor. The default setting is that you are a donor.

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ER87 TIL that raccoons are called “washing bears” in many languages.
LKKQ TIL that in the 1920s a Chicago man convinced his wife to pull out all her teeth then refused to get her dentures because it was ‘cheaper to feed her with soup than solid food’. She took him to court and he was ordered to get her 2 new sets of teeth and a beefsteak a week.
vP1Wj TIL the city of Portland, Oregon was decided by a coin toss, with the name Boston loosing out.
1Gr8 TIL Disney used to relieve stress by getting drunk and drawing pornos with Disney characters.
Q8xk TIL that for his last meal, death row inmate Lawrence Brewer received two steaks, a triple-cheeseburger, an omelet, fried okra, a pound of barbecued meat, three fajitas, a meat-lovers pizza, a loaf of bread, ice cream, and root beer….and then decided he wasn’t hungry.