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TIL: Lydia Fairchild failed a maternity test because her reproductive cells had a completely different set of DNA to her skin cells. She exhibits chimerism, in having two distinct populations of DNA among the cells of her body.

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OGAd4 TIL: that there was a researched conspiracy theory that JFK was accidently killed by the Secret Service when the SS chase car behind was forced to break, causing the SS agent in the car to fumble forward and muzzle check the president, accidently killing him.
PYWEO TIL that some soldiers' wounds began to glow after the battle of Shiloh, and this glow was associated with better survival rates. It's thought to have been caused by an antibiotic-producing bacteria.
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