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TIL A 14-year-old, Tony Hansberry came up with a radically new procedure, which involved sewing up the patients with a vertical endo stitch instead of a horizontal one. doctors were so impressed that they tested it out on their patients. The result: It reduced recovery time, complications and pain.

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9Ymr7 TIL of Ramsar, Iran the most naturally radioactive place on earth. Current studies show a possible radioadaptive effect that allows the residents to live with over 10x the safe levels of radiation exposure.
PYoWG TIL Tu Youyou, a Chinese Nobel Laureate, discovered a treatment for malaria by reading an ancient Daoist text from 340 CE describing an herbal remedy for "intermittent fevers"
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