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TIL The Onion was founded by Seann William Scott’s brother

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Yo1v TIL that Cleopatra’s family tree was full of inbreeding, including three marriages between an uncle & niece and three between siblings. As a result, some of her ancestors were the same person. For instance, her mother was her father’s niece and thus not only her mother but also her first cousin.