In the early-mid 20th century, a large percentage of U.S. children had unnecessary, sometimes dangerous, surgeries to remove their tonsils. In 1934, a study of 1,000 New York schoolchildren revealed that 61% had their tonsils removed. In the 1970s, it was still the third most common procedure in American hospitals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Mars_Bluff_B-47_nuclear_weapon_loss_incident
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ZAGREB IS NOT THE CAPITAL!!!!!