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TIL that organ donation is on an opt-out basis in Singapore. Citizens who opt-out have a lower priority of receiving an organ should they need one.

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VPMG TIL that the brightest supernova we have ever witnessed had a kill radius of 500-1000 light years, meaning it would have sterilized millions of habitable planets.
70Jb TIL that all Pakistani passports bear the inscription “This passport is valid for all countries of the World except Israel.”
MLrA TIL butter can safely be kept at room temperature, so that it remains spreadable, if stored in a French butter dish that uses water to omit air.
8ex9K TIL Denver, CO has the nickname Menver because there’s so many more men than women for dating
VDeG TIL that the destruction under Genghis Khan may have scrubbed as much as 700 million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere by allowing forests to regrow on previously populated and cultivated land.