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TIL 2024 is the year the US Dept of Health and Human Services banned hospitals from performing non-consensual breast, pelvic, prostate, and rectal exams for “educational and training purposes” by medical students and practitioners on patients under anesthesia.

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PvKZ TIL that antler growth tissue if surgically removed and grafted to another part of the deer’s body, an antler will grow there.
x6KA5 TIL Obesity in young adult Americans rose from 33% to 41% from 2009 to 2020
R5N56 TIL that dwelling too much on happy memories can lead to "sentimental longing," which is a dangerous form of noatalgia that makes us think "today must be bad, because yesterday was better."
NDl6 TIL a 30-year-old elephant named Ben sought help at a safari lodge after being shot by poachers. The elephant waited patiently near the lodge for the 6 hours it took for a vet to fly in and dress his 3 bullet wounds.
v17Dx TIL - The artist with the record for most musical appearances on SNL is David Grohl with 14