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In part, we’re really just going back to our caveman roots.

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n0Zd TIL modern surgeon sponges have x-ray visible stripes because surgeons kept leaving them in patients
OaXe TIL that hired footsoldiers in the Los Zetas cartel were literally trained by the US military to the same standard of US infantry soldiers
vP81x TIL an adult male peasant in the UK in the 13th century (1,620 hours/year) worked less hours per year than both: an average worker in the US in 1850 (3,150-3,650 hours/year) and an average worker in the US in 1987 (1,949 hours/year).
grxgy TIL I learned that there was a suspected fifth flight on 9/11 that was thwarted by the nationwide ground stop. When the captain said the flight was returning to the gate, several first class passengers got very upset and demanded to speak to the captain. Back at the gate, they ran off the plane.