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TIL in 2020, 68-year-old actress Ana Obregón lost her only son to cancer at 27. After his death, she used her son's frozen sperm to grant her wish of having a granddaughter (via surrogacy) who she's currently raising as her daughter.

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vPyX4 TIL that Fraiser Crane and Mickey Mouse exist in the same universe
epm06 TIL There are 36 million Americans of Irish descent and only 5 million people currently living in Ireland (of whom 4 million are ethnically Irish). If your ancestors lived in Ireland in the 1800s, you are 9 times more likely to live in the USA than Ireland.
NXLEJ TIL that a group of American sugar plantation owners with support of the US Government overthrew the last Queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani to make Hawaii a US Protectorate. Hawaii would later be annexed.
dDR8r TIL about the kappa, a mythological Japanese creature that robs its human victims of their shirikodama - the mythical ball said to contain the soul, which is located inside the anus.
6oyQ TIL the transmission of power via ropes and pulleys is more efficient than transmission by electricity up to a distance of several miles.