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TIL that standardized time wasn’t used until trains were invented.

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E1v7X TIL that Stonehenge was restored in the 1950s and 60s, including re-erecting stones, setting some in concrete and lifting and straightening others
4kOAJ TIL that the weight of cremated human adult remains is, on average, around 3.5% of the body weight of the deceased person.
KYXQG TIL modern day heart and lung transplants were heralded by a scientist who once surgically added a second head to a dogs body. The dog lived for almost a month.
5YYgr TIL That Sir William osler was a renowned practical joker and the greatest ever diagnostician to yeild a stethoscope
rRwwd TIL that in the 1700s, Queen Caroline of Great Britain had smallpox innoculation trialled on six prisoners in return for commuting their death sentences. When this was successful, she innoculated her own children, popularising the process.