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TIL Rosemary Kennedy, sister of JFK, had a lobotomy performed on her at age 23 because she was ‘an embarrassment to the family.’

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ANR77 TIL Pope Alexander VI had not 6, but 9 children
koE5 TIL Chef Ramsey left one of his first big kitchen positions because he didn’t like the bullying and rages of others.
neX8o TIL that Dr. Carlo Urbani recognized the emergence of a outbreak of pneumonia as a new epidemic and immediately notified the WHO, personally flying to Hanoi to investigate. He would die this day in 2003 of SARS, having triggered the most effective response to an epidemic in history.
W7y78 TIL that male bees will ejaculate themselves to death during heatwaves.
GAZeQ TIL about Desmond Doss, an American combat medic in WW2 who single-handedly rescued an estimate of 75 men in Okinawa in one battle, one at a time, without carrying a single weapon. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery, and was the first conscientious objector to be given it.