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TIL that anyone residing in Portugal is presumed a consenting organ donor unless the contrary is manifested by obtaining a legal document that states the person does not want to be considered for donation upon their death.

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kgKm TIL that the only method used to send escape tools to WWII POWs that was never discovered by the Germans was hiding silk maps, metal tools, and compasses in Monopoly game boards - allowing at least 744 airmen to escape POW camps.
yJo8 TIL that Steve Jobs almost named the iMac Macman. This would have meant we would now be using Podmans, Padmans, and Phonemans.
jl1E TIL we got the terms “bear market” and “bull market” from the ways the animals attack. Bears strike downward, while bulls launch themselves upward into the air.
ME0a TIL during WWII, the Gestapo’s most wanted person was Special Operations Executive agent Nancy Wake. Among her numerous exploits, she killed an SS soldier with a “judo-chop”, to prevent him from raising the alarm during an undercover raid.
69WY8 TIL about the volcano that burped and silently killed 2,000 people. (1986).