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TIL about the Krukenberg operation, is a surgical technique that converts a forearm stump into a pincer. It was first described in 1917 by the German army surgeon Hermann Krukenberg. It remains in use today for certain special cases but is considered controversial and some surgeons refuse to p

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b60Z7 TIL U-570 was a WW2 German U-boat that achieved the unusual distinction of surrendering to an aircraft when a British Hudson Bomber struck her with depth charges in 1941. She was then commissioned into the Royal Navy as the HMS Graph until being decommissioned and wrecked off Scotland in 1944.
ndjW TIL there is an experimental town in India called Auroville. They have no paper or coin currency. Men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities, to realize human unity.
9KMB TIL that in 1955, Hiroshima survivor Rev. Kiyoshi Tanimoto, on tour to raise funds for victims of the blast, was tricked into meeting with Enola Gay co-pilot Capt. Robert A. Lewis on national television
grDW TIL that devices have been developed to remove the blur from Japanese porn in real-time, revealing otherwise obscured genitals
worVW TIL that the most recent BOEING whistleblower, whose recent death was ruled a suicide, told his close friend "If anything happens, it's not suicide. I like to breathe too much; I've got so much stuff I need to do and things that I haven't done that I want to do" prior to his death.