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TIL in 2021 in Austria, during a routine bandage change that occurred 2 days after a patient's leg amputation surgery, it was discovered that the wrong leg had been amputated. The surgeon was found guilty of gross negligence and fined €2,700 and the patient's widow was awarded €5,000 in damages.

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9wvDB TIL of the single tax movement (aka geoism or georgism), an economic ideology where that the government should be funded by a tax on land rent rather than taxes on labor
LQOvQ TIL the band Yo La Tengo once reenacted the entire "The Chinese Restaurant" episode of "Seinfeld" live. This was part of their 2011 tour where the first half of every show was decided by a wheel of fortune spun by an audience member. Link includes a video of this moment.
x6ldo TIL Hell's Kitchen S1 winner, Michael Wray, struggled with pain and addiction during the show. He then lost his daughter, sending him slowly into a downward spiral to the point he was found crawling on the side of a highway near death.
PYJGJ TIL that the girl that inspired the worldwide hit song, 'The Girl from Ipanema' in the mid-1960s was Heloisa Pinta. Now 74 years of age, she was a Brazilian Playboy Playmate in 1987 and again in 2003.
WkED8 TIL about WWII American Lieutenant John R. Fox. He volunteered to stay behind in a town overrun by enemy troops as US troops retreated. As the enemy advanced he called in an artillery barrage on himself. When US troops later counterattacked they found his body alongside about 100 German soldiers.