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TIL: In 2011 there were 3 known cases around the world of twins coming from different fathers.

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jN7Qp TIL that Marion Stokes built an archive of network, local, and cable news, in her home, one tape at a time, recording every major (and trivial) news event until the day she died in 2012 at the age of 83 of lung disease.
VMGXB TIL that more modest two-piece swim suits were popular in the US before the government ordered a 10% reduction in fabric used in woman's swimwear in 1943 as wartime rationing.
9dNB TIL Yahoo gave the Chinese government access to the e-mail of two pro-democracy journalists who were subsequently imprisoned for 10 years for “incitement to subvert state power”.
KOVnG TIL Alfred George Hinds today remains remembered as one of the most celebrated British prison break artists. During his life he managed to escape from not one, but three heavily guarded prisons, all in attempt to prove his innocence to the English legal system.
VGVD TIL it’s still legal for an employer to fire someone–for any reason–if they’re a communist.