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Zelensky had pledged to only serve one term as president. After the war, he not only will be wanted for another term (probably by 90%, at least), he’d absolutely be needed to gain donations for rebuilding. What should he do?

by QuestionGuy March 17, 2022, 11:03 pm

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TIL that the work of Charles Drew, a pioneer in preserving blood, led to large-scale blood bank use, U.S. blood donations to Britons in WWII, and the use of bloodmobiles. He resigned as chief of the first American Red Cross blood bank over a policy that separated the blood of black and white people.

by whatilearned February 13, 2022, 12:56 am

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TIL Local animal shelters (including local SPCAs) do not receive funds from the ASPCA. Donations to the ASPCA are used to promote the ASPCA organization.

by whatilearned November 21, 2021, 6:20 am

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TIL about James Harrison, an Australian blood plasma donor. Known as “The Man with the Golden Arm”, his unusual plasma composition has been used to cure Rhesus disease. He has made over 1,100 donations throughout his lifetime, and these donations are estimated to have saved over 2.5 million babies

by whatilearned October 27, 2021, 7:25 am

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Nim receives $100k in Bitcoin donations

by ProgrammerDude October 26, 2021, 9:48 am

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TIL that the Ronald McDonald house only makes about $6000 a year from pop tab donations. The program was designed to teach kids about philanthropy and recycling, and was never intended to be a major source of income for the charity.

by whatilearned October 9, 2021, 4:20 am

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TIL That foundations invest around 93% of their wealth into Wall Street and only spend 5% of their wealth on charitable donations.

by whatilearned September 28, 2021, 9:52 pm

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TIL that for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, The Jamaican National Bobsled Team was only able to compete due to donations from the Dogecoin community

by whatilearned July 27, 2021, 11:30 pm

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TIL an early Oral Roberts Ministries world headquarters building was equipped with what was said to be “the world’s largest freight elevator, reputedly capable of taking an entire U.S. Postal truck loaded with the mailed donations of Roberts’ faithful TV audience to a secure processing room.”

by whatilearned July 1, 2021, 3:20 am

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TIL that Jamsetji Tata is the top philanthropist of last century with donations worth $102 billion, only person to achieve triple figure billion dollars in donations.

by whatilearned June 24, 2021, 10:28 am

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Kidney Donations Down Among Men and the Poor The living kidney donation rate among men dropped by 25 percent between 2005 and 2015, but remained stable among women, the researchers found.

by DailyHealthNews June 16, 2021, 9:14 am

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TIL the Statue of Liberty almost wasn’t built in New York because the governor wouldn’t use city funds to build its pedestal, but Joseph Pulitzer’s newspaper articles inspired 160,000 people to donate. Though a majority of donations were less than $1, they raised over $100,000 in just five months.

by whatilearned June 14, 2021, 8:59 pm

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