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TIL that the women of Bari tribe of Venezuela believes that a child can have multiple biological fathers. That, a child is not born from the sperm of a single man, but from the accumulation of sperm in a woman's womb.

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a87NA TIL in 1939, Walt Disney won an Oscar for Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. He was presented his Oscar, plus seven mini-Oscar statues by Shirley Temple.
J481 TIL a Nigerian man survived 3 days in an upside down tugboat at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. He was eventually found by body recovery divers.
N7jZN TIL that lots of people believe that greek gods were actually “Ancient Aliens” who held super technology way ahead of their times. The aliens are credited for building historic sites, like the pyramids, and are still around us today!
kOmVd TIL that the home of Lord North, popularly known as the British prime minister who “lost America,” is today owned by an American university and houses American exchange students.
wLRlE TIL Rick Springfield found himself crushing on a girl that was dating his friend Gary, who he had become friends with while taking a stained glass-making class in Pasadena. Renaming his friend "Jessie" gave him the 1981 hit "Jessie's Girl", as "Gary's Girl" didn't have the same ring to it.