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TIL of the "Jim Twins", a pair of identical twins separated and adopted to different families at birth. Both were named James, married and divorced women named Linda, remarried women named Betty, and each had a dog named Toy. They both named their sons James Allan. They reunited at age 39.

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xWZb TIL neither French Fries or Hash Browns from McDonald’s are vegetarian or vegan, both contain natural beef flavoring.
LQx1Z TIL about BonziBUDDY, a free virtual desktop assistant created in 1999. People called it spyware after it was found out to have collected user's personal information before serving them pop-up ads. Because of this, it had to pay $75k in fines, and was discontinued in 2004.
7rVx TIL George Washington warned that forming political parties would destroy the democratic foundations of Government.
9YoOm TIL NASA was so clueless about the workings of a woman's body, in 1983 they tried to send the first female astronaut, Sally Ride, to space with 100 tampons, asking if that would be enough. She was to be in orbit for 14 days.
mx8Eo TIL that many of the hangings during the Nuremberg trials were carried out with short rope that caused prisoners to die a long, lingering death from suffocation, rather than an instantaneous death from a broken neck.