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TIL that between 2016 and 2020 doctors in the USA surgically mutilated 48,000 people for profit

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oRAxA TIL in 499 century BC, king Histaiaeus (ancient Greece) sent secret military messages tattooed on bald heads of messengers. After the hair regrew, they sent the messengers. In the destination they were shaved again to reveal the message.
nNv7 TIL that “Police Officer” is not even in the top 10 most dangerous jobs in American and that “Garbage Collector” is the 5th most dangerous
jNVJE TIL There was a fake US embassy discovered and shut down in Ghana in 2016. I guess also, TIL that there is such things as fake US Embassies.
vPplD TIL during the rescue of Maersk Alabama Captain Phillips from Somali pirates the $30,000 in cash they obtained from the ship went missing, 2 Seal team six members were investigated but never charged. The money was never recovered
epxOD TIL about the “Bogota Bag”, a known medical procedure where a plastic bag, typically an IV bag, is cut open and placed over the stomach to provide a hermetic seal over exposed organs that are so swollen the stomach must be cut open and exposed to relieve fatal pressure.