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TIL South America's Inca civilization was better at skull surgery than Civil War doctors

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E1gX0 TIL America's oldest farm has been operating continuously since 1636
KYVY4 TIL that NAFLD non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is now called MASLD. Stands for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Affects more than 30% of the population globally and rising. Key risk for heart disease. Main cause is insulin resistance. Weight loss of 5-7% can reduce it.
DQBGj TIL that the inspiration behind Professor Snape in Harry Potter was a chemistry teacher John Nettleship. Nettleship at first was upset about this attribution, but later came to embrace it, even writing a book.
W7yMY TIL in Korea, snack sausage sales increased by 40% during winter of 2010 from people using them as styluses on their touched screen phones without taking off their gloves.
ajAJ TIL that despite earning $967 million in global revenue, the theatrical release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix fell short of being profitable by $167 million.