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TIL in 1874, Mary Rafferty came to Dr. Roberts Bartholow at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati for a lesion. The lesion was diagnosed as cancerous and surgery was attempted. Bartholow saw her lesion as terminal so decided to experiment on her exposed brain. He was condemned by his peers for this.

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x6b9k TIL former Alben Barkley, relegated to the back bench in his return to the Senate, noted in a speech, “I’m glad to sit in the back row, for I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.” He then dropped dead.
AWMx TIL that the probability of human extinction by Molecular nanotechnology weapons or Superintelligent AI before year 2100 has been put at 5%.
m1klp TIL: some states require a $5Million insurance policy to allow autonomous motor vehicle operation
KY849 TIL The Ancient Roman legions issued dog tags to legionnaires like modern militaries do
8VLL TIL that in Ottawa, Ontario there is a law stating that it is illegal to lock a child under the age of 5 in a refrigerator