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TIL that Queen Victoria gave a random woman £3 for having triplets

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eXvE TIL that during her adult life, Queen Victoria was estimated to have written 2,500 words a day.
e0AME TIL that China and India's combined population now is greater than that of the entire world in 1950.
kJ1KW TIL no POTUS has been an only child.
JYm0B TIL a woman gave birth to her own grandchild. 61-year old Cecile Eledge served as the gestational surrogate for her son and his husband, carrying to term a baby created from her son's sperm and her son's sister-in-law's egg. “I just never hesitated,” Eledge said. “It was unconditional love."
98r7 TIL in the first edition of “The Hobbit,” Gollum willingly bets his ring in the riddle game with Bilbo and the two part on good terms. Tolkien changed the story in the second edition to reflect the corruptive powers of the ring taking shape in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.