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TIL In 2002 Boston orthopedist David Arndt, while performing complicated spinal surgery, walked out on his patient – who was lying on the operating table, anesthetized and sliced open – so he could go cash his paycheck before the bank closed.

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pp5b TIL that after the Supreme Court ruled inter-racial marriage legal, local judges in Alabama continued to enforce that state’s anti-miscegenation law (the same state that still refuses to issue same-sex marriage licenses)
e0Jg TIL that, during Prohibition, alcohol was legal if it was used for religious purposes. This lead to many bootleggers posing as rabbis, who sold sacramental champagne, creme de menthe, and brandy.
R7KW1 TIL that Warner Brothers just made the movie "Just Mercy" free on streaming platforms to help educate people on systemic racism