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TIL in 2013 a surgeon in the UK was struck off and convicted of assault after branding his initials into two patients livers. It was only discovered when 1.6-inch (4cm) initials were discovered by another doctor on an organ that he had transplanted failed.

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YpJld TIL that Cookie Monster has a British cousin named Biscuit Monster
v1Wox TIL that the first human to receive chemotherapy for cancer treatment was baseball legend Babe Ruth.
Oo4eY TIL in the 80s an up and coming comic, Kenny Moore, got arrested immediately following a show for destroying a heckler in the head with a guitar
dD879 TIL that by letting a wolf population recover, traffic collisions caused by deer are reduced by nearly 25%; the reduction is not based as much on the decimation of the deer population but on the “landscape of fear” created by the wolves.
d8A0j TIL the CIA once failed at bribing Mr Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore, which was then relatively undeveloped. After he revealed this in an interview, the US denied the incident. In a rage, Mr LKY revealed a letter he received from then US Secretary of State and threatened to disclose further information.