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TIL Michael Mastromarino, aka the Bone Snatcher, was a disgraced oral surgeon who made millions of dollars illegally harvesting & selling body parts from cadevers. It is estimated that more than 10,000 patients received his transplants. He went to prison where, ironically, he died from bone cancer.

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VMww0 TIL that many countries used "Immurement" as a form of punishment, where the victim was locked in a box and left to starve to death. The latest usage was in 1914, where a Mongolian woman left in a wooden crate died of dehydration.
e0onD TIL The Offspring made an April Fool's joke by saying that their 7th album would be called "Chinese Democrazy" since Guns n' Roses was taking so long to release their album. Axl Rose actually fell for it and filed a Cease and Desist against them.
RJEQ TIL That Sir Patrick Stewart used to regularly fabricate fake news in the newspaper he worked for because he was spending his time practicing theatre with a theatre company during times that conflicted with his work schedule as a journalist.
D7Wj TIL that the purchase of Alaska from Russia by the U.S. was originally mocked by U.S. citizens, who called it “Andrew Johnson’s polar bear garden”
6984Q TIL that in the last two seasons of FRIENDS, each cast member earned $1 million per episode. And now, they make $20 million per year each for reruns. All thanks to David Schwimmer, who encouraged the cast to negotiate together as a team.