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TIL international research has shown that using a simple one-page checklist reduces surgery deaths by 40%

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WkPOB TIL Mark Thatcher, the son of Margaret Thatcher, is a convicted felon after financing the 2004 coup attempt in Equatorial Guinean in exchange oil concessions. He served 4 years in prison and was fined US$560,000. The UK knew about the planned coup, and it's possible the Bush government did as well.
7rV0p TIL of the Boerne 0.5K Run, with a donut station and designated smoking area at the halfway point and 0.5K VIP Shuttle option
wLGnY TIL that when wooly mammoths went extinct, their territorial grassland was replaced with birch forests. This ushered in an age of forest fires so significant that it may have changed the global climate.
6EkEX TIL after rumors that Yellow No. 5 lowered sperm count, some people increased their consumption of Mountain Dew as a form of contraception.
XE7JD TIL that in 1667, the first human blood transfusion was performed; sheep's blood was successfully transfused in to a 15 year old boy and he lived. This was 233 years before blood typing was discovered.