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TIL: There's such thing as a "Janus Cat" that has two faces
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TIL in 2012 50 Detroit students were suspended for demanding an education, consistent teachers and schoolbooks.
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TIL The so-called "Dancing Doctor", who filmed "instructional" music videos during surgery had her license suspended for 2 1/2 years in 2018 after several patients were severely scarred (one was brain damaged) and it was discovered that she was a dermatologist and not a board certified surgeon.
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TIL the first human cardiac catheterization was done by Werner Forssmann who, after failing to get permission from his department chief, anesthetized his arm, inserted a catheter into his vein and threaded it into his heart. He then walked down to the X-ray department and took a picture to prove it
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TIL during WWI, the British Army had “Pals battalions”; letting men from the same community to serve in the war together. This practice was ended after the Somme offensive, as entire battalions were wiped out, meaning their communities back home were devastated.
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TIL that Japan was almost completely isolated from the outside world for over 200 years between the 17th and 19th centuries due to a policy called “Sakoku”. No foreigner could enter and no Japanese could leave the country under penalty of death.