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TIL liposuction (a surgical procedure done to remove excess fat deposits from specific areas of the body) can cause thrombophlebitis (a condition that makes veins to be inflamed when a blood clot forms).

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mxvZR TIL in Germany in 1938, while searching for a water source for a town, workers found an ancient spring feed line to a Roman aqueduct which had supplied Cologne 60 miles away. The feed was simply connected into the modern water network. To avoid damage to the spring no archaeological work was done.
d8pE9 Today I learned, shortly after Steve Irwin's death, his father quit the family zoo to pursue animal conservation and continue Steve's dream. Leaving behind the bad relationship he had with Terry Irwin who had been pushing heavy commercialisation of the business.
0wdQj TIL that the U.S. allows foods and ingredients that are banned in other countries such as: synthetic growth hormones, arsenic, food dye, and Olestra
VLY8 TIL that the Nazis planned to turn Moscow and maybe Warzaw into artificial lakes
wLeW TIL that Lucy Vodden, the woman who inspired the classic Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” died of LUPUS at age 46.