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TiL women receiving radiation to their pelvis can have their ovaries transplanted into their forearm (heterotopic transplantation) to be retrieved in the future for IVF and maintain their fertility.

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epxkL TIL that all thoroughbred horses in the Northern Hemisphere have their birthdays observed on January 1. In the Southern Hemisphere, all thoroughbred horses have their birthdays on August 1.
6EWJW Today I learned humans have been sailing for 8,000 years, about 1500 years longer than we have been using wheels.
Qg6M TIL that Jennifer Aniston was offered a spot as a featured player on Saturday Night Live, but turned it down to accept the role of Rachel on Friends
4kVPa TIL about the famous American novelist Winston Churchill who was the reason why the British prime minister referred to himself as Winston Spencer Churchill. They met on occasion, but gradually Spencer Churchill’s rise to power steamrolled the American into obscurity.
KYdw6 TIL that the band Manic Street Preachers still put 25% of their royalty earnings into an account for missing guitarist Richey Edwards (disappeared in 1995). Even continuing to do so after he was legally declared "presumed dead" in 2008.