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TIL that in 2021 a woman in South Africa claimed to have given birth to 10 babies at once. A government inquiry found the claim to be untrue, but the news organisation who first reported the story has alleged that it was a cover-up. The woman has not been seen or heard from since.

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wo6Y6 TIL that the first recorded separation of conjoined twins took place in the Byzantine Empire in the 900s. One of the twins was already dead, and the other lived for three days after separation. The next recorded separation is several centuries later, in 1689, by Johannes Fatio.
EgGlV TIL that Osama bin Laden's billionaire father died in a plane crash in 1967 due to a misjudged landing. His half-brother died in Texas in 1988 after piloting his own aircraft into power lines. In 2015, his half-sister and stepmother also died in a plane crash in Hampshire, England.
yQO88 TIL there is a 60 mile conveyer belt in Morocco that carries phosphorus from mines in the Western Sahara to the Atlantic Ocean. It can be seen from space.
xVd7g TIL about HD 189733b, a blue planet the size of Jupiter about 63 lightyears away from Earth. The surface temperature is a staggering 1000°C, wind speeds average at around 7000 kilometers per hour, and it rains molten glass... sideways.
Yald TIL that 3 guys tried to sell Coca-Cola’s secrets to Pepsi, and Pepsi contacted the FBI.