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TIL that ancient India practiced advanced surgery as early as 600 BCE, including rhinoplasty and cataract surgery. click on the link and go to Ayurveda part under INDIA part

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A58x TIL Woody Harrelson’s dad was a hitman and died in prison while serving a life sentence for killing a Federal Judge.
JEej TIL that Noel Gallagher (of Oasis) put his mansion in Ibiza up for sale because of his neighbor, James Blunt (“You’re Beautiful”). He couldn’t stand the “thought of Blunt writing crap tunes up the road.”
5v8R TIL the “ugliest man” in Uganda has had 8 children with 2 wives.
OoG61 TIL that Vladimir Lenin’s perfectly preserved body is on display in Moscow. He died in 1924 and was born in 1870, making his body 147 years old.
1kkD TIL Betty Robinson, an Olympic runner, was involved in a plane crash in 1931 and was wrongly pronounced dead upon first being discovered. She spend 7 months in a coma and it took her 2 years to learn to walk normally again. In 1936, she returned to the US olympic team and won gold in the relay.