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TIL the first known (partly successful) separation of conjoined twins was in 10th century Byzantium

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QDXp TIL in 1740, a 16-Year-Old English Boy, having been convicted of rape and murder, was hanged by the neck for 20 minutes. After being cut down, his body was sent to be dissected when he began to show signs of life. After making a full recovery, his sentence was commuted to exile.
7oQO TIL: The (female) appendix can be surgically removed using a small incision in the patient’s vagina leaving no external scar, no damage to the abdominal wall, minimal postoperative pain, and an almost immediate return to normal activity.
ADLEw TIL the govenor of California from 1939-1943 was an atheist
78Y5p TIL: A pilot resigned from South African Airways after flying for more than 20 years with a fake licence
Jbxl TIL of a community of ex-slaves that spoke their native language and carried on their tribal customs and traditions into the 1950s in Alabama.