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TIL Heteropaternal superfecundation is a rare medical scenario whereby twins can be born of two separate biological fathers

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X0rWX TIL The Hawaiian monk seal is one of two extant monk seal species; the other is the Mediterranean monk seal. A third species, the Caribbean monk seal, is extinct.
OGXjg TIL in the 1978 world chess championship there was accusations of a hypnotherapist being used to rig the game; so 2 Ananda Marga yoga specialists convicted of murder were hired to counter-act him.
nea5r TIL that when Harry Winston was 12 years old, he bought a 2 carat emerald for 25 cents in a pawn shop after the owner had mistaken it for coloured glass. He sold it two days later for $800.
OA91 TIL Iran eliminated its kidney transplant waiting list by incentivizing unrelated donors with financial compensation and heath insurance
OoPl7 TIL that Mister Rogers, in 1968 --the same year as the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, hired the first black actor to have a recurring role on a children’s show --François Clemmons. Clemmons portrayed a police officer on Mister Rogers neighborhood.