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TIL that since 2017, each surgery resident in a teaching hospital acts as the surgeon in at least 850 operations during their 5 year residency training.

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WbN8 TIL that WalMart and McDonalds are the 3rd and 4th largest employers in the world; only the armies of the United States and China employ more people.
lnm1 TIL that Voss water is just water from the municipal water supply in Iveland, Norway
GYag7 TIL Phil Lynott was so proud of his Irish heritage that every time he was talking to a journalist who said something untrue about Ireland, Lynott would "give the guy a history lesson".
0wA65 TIL that all airplanes must have a green light on their right wing, and a red light on their left wing, to indicate the direction of travel to other planes.
grn18 TIL about the Insectothopter, a robotic spy drone developed by the CIA in the 1970s that was the size of a dragonfly.