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TIL Daughter from California syndrome is a phrase used in the medical profession to describe a situation in which a disengaged relative challenges the care a dying elderly patient is being given, or insists that the medical team pursue aggressive measures to prolong the patient's life

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1aD7 TIL Belgian King Leopold II killed around 10 million people in 40 years and most of the world doesn’t even know it happened.
N7jKb TIL the term "render farm" came about in part because Jamie Clay of Autodesk regularly wore farmer's clothes
R5d49 TIL Buddhists are advised to avoid these herbs (Five Forbidden Pungent Roots), as they tend to disturb the peacefulness of the mind and why is it immoral to eat garlic.
Brg9W TIL: That the Davy Crockett nuclear device was one of the smallest nuclear weapon systems ever built and was designed to be shot from a recoilless rifle delivering a yield of 10-20 tons TNT equivalent.
9Y41X TIL that thousands of poor Black women were sterilized involuntarily in several southern states by white physicians when they presented for care for other health issues. The procedure became known as a Mississippi Appendectomy.