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TIL that after giving birth, 50-75% of women carry fetal cells that persist for decades, becoming a part of the mother’s heart, brain, and blood. Mothers can transfer these cells to subsequent children.

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jrDX TIL when Londoner Henry Budd died in 1862, he left his whole estate to his two sons on one condition – that neither of them would grow a moustache
6ee7 TIL women in ancient Rome wore the sweat of Gladiators to improve their beauty and complexion
6oJY TIL that Kyu Sakamoto was the first Asian to have a number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963 with “Sukiyaki”; the only Japanese song to top the chart. Tragically, he died in a plane crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123, the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history.
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