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TIL the We Can Do It poster is not Rosie the Riveter and was only used internally by one company

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lnv5 TIL that a group of scientists used mouse skin cells to create stem cells and then used these stem cells to create mouse eggs. These eggs were then fertilized and produced healthy baby offspring. These latter mice were able to have their own babies.