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TIL about prize-winning photographer Bob East, who went in for eye cancer surgery and never came out. Formaldehyde meant to preserve the removed eyeball was mistakenly injected into his spine, killing him.

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TIL about prize-winning photographer Bob East, who went in for eye cancer surgery and never came out. Formaldehyde meant to preserve the removed eyeball was mistakenly injected into his spine, killing him.

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