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TIL that Sonic the Hedgehog’s full name is Olgilvie Maurice Hedgehog

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jNaZE TIL of a woman who nearly lost custody of her three children when DNA tests in a paternity test proved her ex-husband was the father, but ruled her out as the mother. She had a rare condition called chimerism, where she absorbed her paternal unborn twin in the womb, and carried two sets of DNA.
4XEKb TIL because the crew of Dr Strangelove was denied access to a B-52 bomber, they made a replica of the cockpit by comparing those of a B-29 with a single photo of the B-52's cockpit. It turned out to be so accurate that Kubrick began to worry about a FBI investigation into how they got it so close.
vPyDj TIL that an AI chatbot was blamed for 'encouraging' young father to take his own life
BrNRx TIL For over 50 years, you could play tic-tac-toe against live chickens in NYC, and they seldom, if ever, lost
VMl6D TIL you mostly breathe through one nostril at a time. Every few hours, your autonomic nervous system will switch nostrils to give the another one a break!