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TIL it used to be believed that babies as old as 15 months couldn't feel pain. As a result, doctors would preform surgery without anesthesia. Doctors used muscle relaxants on the infants to prevent squirming, essentially paralyzing the babies for the duration of the procedure.

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oB1RL TIL that in 2002, the term for schizophrenia in Japan was changed from "mind-split disease" to "integration disorder" to reduce stigma. In three years, the percentage of people who were informed of the diagnosis of schizophrenia rose from 37 to 70%. A similar change was made in South Korea.
D1ZND TIL Buster Keaton's famous stunt when a building facade collapses on him, with an open window fitting perfectly around his body, used no trickery. The facade weighed two tonnes, and the mark on the ground telling him exactly where to stand to avoid being crushed was a nail.
new49 TIL that the Green Hornet is the Lone Ranger's grand-nephew
R5low TIL that the street address of Ms Kitty Dalton was published by a newspaper in a story about how she had turned down over 200 marriage proposals, writing "the belt of Miss Kitty Dalton hang the scalps of more than two hundred U.S. soldiers, sailors and marines"
Ood8Y TIL Einstein was unknowingly in a love affair with a Soviet spy for 4 years. Despite an FBI record stored in 14 boxes, or 1,427 pages, by the time he died, nothing was ever discovered of the relationship