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TIL Angelina Jolie had a mastectomy due to having an 87% risk of breast cancer and a 50% risk of ovarian cancer. Her chance of developing breast cancer dropped from 87% to under 5% after the mastectomy.

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PNpJ TIL that people in the Mongolian Empire did not believe in washing themselves or their clothes, wearing the same clothes until they literally rotted off.
9YdZB TIL There are no pain receptors in the brain itself. Surgery can be done on the brain and technically the brain does not feel that pain. But the meninges (coverings around the brain), periosteum (coverings on the bones), and the scalp all have pain receptors and this is why you have migraines.
5Vd79 TIL: Brain scans show that dogs are as conscious as human children
P14Wn TIL that the first self-propelled vehicule, built by Cugnot in 1769, was intended for transporting cannons. The vehicle was not suited to the load, and despite further trials, the project was abandoned. However, 241 years later, in 2010, a copy of the machine was built, which worked perfectly.
lomOr TIL after baseball player Oscar Taveras died in a car crash in the Dominican Republic, Kansas City Royals player Yordano Ventura honored him with several tributes written on his uniform during Game 6 of the 2014 World Series. 2 years later, Ventura died in a car crash in the Dominican Republic.