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TIL the 2011 Joplin, Missouri EF5 tornado caused numerous fatal fungal infections in people injured by debris.
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TIL a 32 year long study found obesity spread through social circles, and that a person's chances of becoming obese increased by 57% if he or she had a friend who became obese
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TIL the first successful public demonstration of ether anesthesia took place on October 16, 1846, at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Morton administered ether to a patient undergoing surgery to remove a tumor from his neck, rendering the patient unconscious and insensitive to pain.