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TIL during pregnancy, if the mother experiences damage to one or more organs, stem cells from the developing fetus can be sent to aid in the repair of said damage...

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Jx44 TIL that the planet Uranus was discovered before the continent of Antarctica
LQ6dv TIL that the 5th of March is St Piran's Day the national day of Cornwall.
nWBVG TIL that stadium perimeter advertising can be changed virtually on television so that different advertising is shown in each country
D01v TIL: Chipotle peppers are simply smoked jalapeños; it takes 10 lbs of jalapeños to create 1 lb of chipotle
a8pdM TIL of Ticker Tape Synesthesia, or seeing words in writing as they're spoken, sort-of like a news ticker or subtitles. There's no known cause, but it's thought to result from excess inter-connectivity of neurons in the different sensory regions of the brain.