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TIL the Dionne Quintuplets, born in 1934, were identical and conceived naturally. Their mother, who already had five children, was expecting twins. She was pre-eclamptic, went into early labor, and gave birth at home. In total they weighed 13.4 lb., but thrived and were never admitted to hospital.

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N7vO6 TIL a Canadian goose vs. bald eagle fight was caught on camera at a campground in British Columbia. The goose was pinned under the eagle's talons looking lifeless but scooted out, flew into a pond; the eagle pursued but the goose went underwater. The eagle then retreated to watch from a tree perch.
E55w TIL after a hijacked Ethiopian Air jet crashed in the ocean, an estimated 60-80 people who survived the initial water-crash ignored the captains pleas to not inflate the life vests inside the plane. They all drowned when rushing water pinned their inflated vests against the fuselage’s ceiling.
R7dD6 TIL of Le Viandier, a recipe collection credited to Guillaume Tirel, a master cook to Charles V, the oldest extant version of which is from the late 13th/early 14th century. It contains the first detailed description of an entremet, small dishes served between courses we'd refer to as dessert now.
neKXY TIL there are no snakes in Hawaii, but Hawaii imported sterilized male snakes for training border guard dogs to find snakes in luggage.
oKJW TIL the Nazis formed a plan in 1939 to counterfeit the British pound to cause hyperinflation. Using a german concentration camp, they manufactured $132 million GBP, which is the equivalent of $6-7 billion modern-day pounds. They partially succeeded.