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TIL of the only surgeon in history to perform an operation with a 300% mortality rate: Dr Robert Liston. During the famous operation, the doctor lost his patient and accidentally caused the death of both his assistant and an elderly bystander.

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mxEyM TIL during WWI, the British Army had “Pals battalions”; letting men from the same community to serve in the war together. This practice was ended after the Somme offensive, as entire battalions were wiped out, meaning their communities back home were devastated.
ggd9 TIL that the FBI spent two years analysing the lyrics to Louie Louie for obscenities. The results were inconclusive.
Rog7 TIL that the popular concept of “Humans only use 10% of their brain” is a myth and that there’s nothing to suggest that we don’t use 100% of our brains
X0gBr TIL that there were only 45 days separating the events of 9/11/01 and the passing of the US Patriot Act
j66VE TIL of the Mapogo Lion Coalition, a brutal pack of 6 lions who feasted across Africa and taking over 170,000 acres of land. They killed 100 lions and cubs in a year, split up briefly after arguments, and died protecting each other in a final battle.