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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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78geZ TIL that the smallest fish in the world, the Tiny Goby, rarely grows longer than half an inch. Despite this, they are so abundant that they can support an entire fishery
167yO TIL that the word “fragging” refers to a soldier’s deliberate or attempted killing of a fellow soldier, usually a superior. The term was coined by U.S. military personnel during the Vietnam War, during which there were nearly 900 documented and suspected fragging incidents from 1969 to 1972.
4X59R TIL that these tiny worm kind things we see in our eye are called floaters and are tiny things like gel or cells in our eye balls that just cast shadows on the retina.
neLKW TIL Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code, generated criticism when it was first published for inaccurate description of core aspects of Christianity and descriptions of European art, history, and architecture. Even with negative reviews and protests, the book is one of the highest selling books ever
N7y86 TIL that a European fungus, accidentally spread to North America in 2006, has caused Bat populations across the US and Canada to plummet by over 90%. Formerly very common bat species now face extinction, having already almost entirely disappeared over the Northeastern US and Eastern Canada