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TIL that female dogs can get pregnant by multiple male dogs within the same heat cycle, then give birth to X amount of puppies per father.

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NE98 TIL author Tess Gerritsen wrote a book called Gravity in 1999 about a woman scientist on the ISS who has to escape after satellite debris destroys the station. She sold the rights to New Line in 2000, who attached Alfonso Cuaron to direct. Cuaron has since claimed he came up with the story.
max TIL That in Australia Jedi Faith Masters outnumber Scientologists 30:1
4gLg TIL Jake Gyllenhaal’s name is commonly mispronounced. As a Swedish name, the correct pronunciation is “YILL-EN-HALL”
9YPEr TIL Marie Curie’s daughter, Irène Curie, also studied radioactivity, and, like her mother, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry for her work. She also died from complications due to radiation poisoning, which was unknown at the time.
XEoaR TIL in 2011 when Lisa Lampanelli learned the Westboro Baptist Church planned to protest one of her shows. She promised to donate $1000 for every WBC member that showed up. Ultimately 44 members showed up, and she donated $50,000 to charity with the memo stating “Donation made possible by the WBC”