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TIL In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby. After five months of the transplant, the uterus showed no sign of rejection, ultrasound scans were normal, and the woman was menstruating regularly. The fertilised eggs were implanted.

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GAnyg TIL that in 1958, 2 pilots flew a modified Cessna 172 over the desert Southwest for 64 days, 22 hours, and 19 minutes.
Lk850 TIL in 1991 two English pranksters took credit for many of Britain's crop circles, after an investigator declared one example "impossible for human beings to make". After some refused to believe them, Bower and Chorley started adding straight lines and squares to show they weren't natural.
4kD6b TIL in 1660 Prince Rupert brought bulbous shaped glass "drops" to King Charles II. These were the first instance of a predecessor to tempered glass. They could withstand a blow from a hammer on the bulbous end without breaking, while exhibiting explosive disintegration if the tail was damage.
b6Zn0 TIL: the term is milquetoast (timid, weak, unassertive), not milk toast. It originates from the 1924 comic strip character Caspar Milquetoast. However, the origin is that he's named after a "weak", bland dish of...milk toast (buttered toast served in a shallow bowl of warm milk).
GD0j TIL in 1989, for April Fools’ Day, Virgin flew a UFO over London. When they landed, police “sent one lone policeman… across the field to greet the alien… A [character]…, dressed in an ET outfit, walked down the platform towards the bobby. He promptly turned and ran in the opposite direction!”