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TIL King Herod “The Great” was so concerned that no one would mourn his death that he ordered a large group of distinguished men be killed at the time of his death to cause more widespread grief. His Son and Sister never carried out his request.

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wLaJ TIL A 14-year-old, Tony Hansberry came up with a radically new procedure, which involved sewing up the patients with a vertical endo stitch instead of a horizontal one. doctors were so impressed that they tested it out on their patients. The result: It reduced recovery time, complications and pain.
MeZWb TIL that caterpillars digest their entire body into a soupy liquid in their cocoon before regenerating into a butterfly from the few remaining cells.
MBjm TIL: That in the Battle of Huertgen Forest, the forest was so dense and dark and hard to navigate that the German and Allied medics shared an aid station in the only building either could easily find.
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rNk8d TIL that Warren Beatty reprises his role of Dick Tracy for free with unwatchable gibberish every couple of years to stop anyone else doing it.