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TIL, During pregnancy, cells from the fetus cross the placenta and enter the mother’s bloodstream. These "foreign" cells can stay in the mother's heart, brain, and liver for decades, and research suggests they may actually help repair damaged maternal tissue.

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6V4m TIL - Nicolas Cage turned down the role of Aragorn in The Fellowship of the Ring, due to “family obligations”.
8aM5X TIL an actor in Nazi Germany lost his job for being Jewish. He went to the Alps, grew a beard, and dyed all his hair by bathing in diluted hydrogen. He returned to the stage claiming to be a self-taught peasant actor and was praised by the Nazis as "proof of the superiority of Aryan blood."
NedM TIL when Little Nell, who played Columbia in Rocky Horror, was 18, she worked as a shoe salesperson in London, alongside a young Freddy Mercury.
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