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TIL the longest surgery ever recorded was performed in 2001 by a team of 20 doctors; it took 103 hours (more than four days) to complete.

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KOO5R And without it, could I do everything a five-toed human does?
epdd6 TIL there is a species of oceanic dolphin known as the false killer whale. Their name comes from them having a skull similar to that of a killer whale (orca). Although they are part of the same family, they are not closely related.
R7bBl TIL the "Necco" of Necco Wafers stands for "New England Confectionery Company"
QNyP9 TIL that until the early 1920s, most astronomers thought that the Milky Way contained all the stars in the Universe
1PjO TIL in 2010 the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson was deployed to Haiti after the 2010 Earthquake, and provided the island with 200,000 gallons a day of fresh drinking water from its desalination plants.