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TIL Robert Liston performed the only operation with a 300% mortality rate; His patient, his assistant and a spectator died

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n8GW TIL that Joaquin Phoenix rolled his car, and a man tapped on his window & said “Just relax.” Phoenix replied “I’m fine. I am relaxed.” The man said “No you’re not,” & stopped Phoenix from lighting a cigarette while gas was leaking into the car. The man was famed German film director Werner Herzog.
9kGm TIL between contemplating suicide and undergoing surgery with a 50% chance of death actor Christopher Reeves was interrupted by Robin Williams disguised as a doctor claiming he was to give Reeve’s an immediate rectal exam.
pkNp TIL Female serial killers typically kill people they know for money while male serial killers typically kill strangers for sex
6EQ4Y TIL when you lose weight, you actually breathe, sweat and pee out most of the weight.
KOkgQ TIL about Kiviak, a traditional Inuit food from Greenland that consists of up to 500 small birds stuffed into a seal skin and left to ferment for several months. "The fermented intestinal fluids are sucked out from the whole birds, or used as a sauce for other foods."