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TIL that George Washington asked to be bled heavily after he developed a sore throat from weather exposure in 1799. After being drained of nearly 40% of his blood by his doctors over the course of twelve hours, he died of a throat infection.
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/z4xskc/til_that_george_washington_asked_to_be_bled/