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TIL..that hospitals get FREE donated blood but then charge up to $800 for patients who use it…

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d89br TIL that Coco Chanel was a Nazi agent
OolNe TIL that Native Americans would use porcupine hairs to make hairbrushes. Sometimes a stick was cut into the right shape and frayed at the edges to make a toothbrush.
V8Nm TIL of the ‘fruit machine. a machine created by the canadian government to be able to identify gay men. it was used in the 19 50s and 60s to eliminate gays from civil service.
69GmJ TIL the Double Sunrise are the longest commercial aircraft flights in history. Flown by Qantas during WWII between Western Australia and Sri Lanka through Japanese occupied territory, each flight lasted over 27 hours. Passengers would see two sunrises while airborne
D1KdY TIL the Second Congo War (1998-2003), relatively recent but almost unknown about in the West, has the worst death toll of any one conflict since the Second World War. 350,000 violent deaths, but the conflict is considered responsible for the deaths between 2,500,000 and 5,400,000 people.