TIL To increase awareness about a lack of organ donors, a Dutch reality TV show had contestants in need of a kidney compete for a donation. It was revealed as a hoax, but within a month, 7,300 new people were registered as organ donors and 50,000 had requested paperwork to become a donor.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Grote_Donorshow



Submitted February 09, 2015 at 10:11PM by nhbeck http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2vbank/til_to_increase_awareness_about_a_lack_of_organ/