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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Spectexh on 2025-11-02 15:37:13+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Resurrectionist is a real thing, also known as body snatchers, operated in the 18th and 19th centuries when medical schools faced a shortage of cadavers for dissection and study. These individuals illegally exhumed bodies from graveyards and sold them to medical institutions.