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TIL of Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a doctor stationed at the South Pole who diagnosed, biopsied and treated her own breast cancer during the overwinter period when the crew is normally isolated from the outside world. In complete darkness, medical equipment had to be airdropped from military aircraft.

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ep7Gn TIL about Don Arrigo Beccari, a WW2 Catholic Priest, who was responsible for smuggling 120 Jewish children to safety, despite intense Nazi surveillance. When the Nazis captured him and tortured him for months, he still kept quiet. He was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations in 1964.
YGwd TIL that the number of administrators at U.S. universities has more than doubled in the last 25 years, vastly outpacing the increase in students and teaching faculty.
VMgl8 TIL Dubai held a weight loss competition where they gave out 1 gram of gold for every kilogram lost by the participants
NYPN TIL PETA kills 97,3% of the animals under it’s care
m1v4O TIL, In 1973, The racing horse Sham posted the second fastest time ever at the Kentucky Derby. Losing the the fastest horse of all time, Secretariat.