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TIL that Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Tom Hanks have yearly colonoscopys together, and have a sleepover the night before.

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1rbV TIL that Dr. Ben Carson, an African American conservative that frequently appears on Fox News, was the first person to successfully separate conjoined twins from the head, a task that involved him leading a 70 man team for 22 hours.
E1v8V TIL Woodie Guthrie suffered from Huntington’s, a degenerative genetic disease. Though he lived to 55, both of his daughters died at 41.
oBxrY TIL that in 1974, Deborah Stone, an 18 year old Disneyland ride operator was crushed to death between a stationary wall and rotating wall on the newly opened America Sings ride. Her screams were thought to be part of the ride, and before anyone discovered her, she was already dead.
4kRMN TIL that Chinchorro mummification technique was to remove the skin of the deceased to extract organs before sewing it back on. Additionally, after the mummies were removed to more humid climates, their skin is “melting.”
oBPvR TIL that in post-Soviet Russia, feral dogs have learned to commute on the subway to broaden their food scavenging range - including getting to know which stops they are looking for based on the announcements over the PA.