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TIL Doctor Amanda Hess who was in the hospital preparing to give birth put her own delivery on hold to deliver another woman’s baby after hearing that the child was in distress and her doctor had left the hospital for a break. After the on-call doctor came back doctor Hess went and had her own baby.

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WkEZN TIL in 2017, three infertile mice were able to give birth to healthy offspring after being implanted with artificial 3-D printed ovaries.
9YGmG TIL of the Order of Victory, the highest award in WWII for the Soviet Union. It has 19 recipients, with five non-Soviets awarded: Dwight D. Eisenhower (USA), Bernard Montgomery (UK), Michael I (Romania), Michał Rola-Żymierskim (Poland) and Josip Broz Tito (Yugoslavia)
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