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TIL "Trepanning" surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled into the human skull

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7yKM TIL that Gerald Ford is the only person to have served as both Vice President and the President of the United States without being elected to either office.
4kR7R TIL although noble gas are generally inert, compounds of these gas have been observed in some cases such as XeF4, KrF2 and RnO3
7r6vp TIL that not only did Arnold Schwarzenegger say his famous catchphrase “I’ll be back” in every Terminator movie, but he also said the phrase in 11 other movies including: Commando, The Running Man, and Total Recall.
Z8JdD Til - Daniel Hale Williams was an American general surgeon, who in 1893 performed the first documented, successful pericardium surgery in the United States to repair a wound. In 1913, Williams was elected as the only African-American charter member of the American College of Surgeons.
9wJpm TIL of the Samoan branch of the Nazi Party. Support for the Nazi Party was strongest among mixed-race settlers of German descent in the territory. The branch was criticized by the German consul to New Zealand, Walter Hellenthal, over its poor organisation and the racial make-up of its members