TIL Doctors are required to have their appendix removed before being stationed in Antarctica. This is to avoid the repeat of a 1961 situation, when the doctor at a Russian station removed his own appendix with the help of untrained expeditioners.

https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/people-in-antarctica/health/

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