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TIL The likelihood of conceiving twins is higher in African individuals than in any other group.

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gMj8W TIL: Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch
W7VPo TIL some of the last German Soldiers to fight the Red Army during the Battle of Berlin were in fact foreign volunteers of the Waffen SS. Frenchmen of the 33rd Charlemagne Division and Scandinavians of the 11th Nordland Division joined together as some of the last defenders of the Third Reich.
9wAZB TIL that James VI, King of Scotland, was only thirteen months old when he succeeded to the throne. His reign in Scotland would be the longest of any Scottish monarch at 57 years and 246 days.
X0L7D TIL that the pretzel’s iconic shape were created to look like arms in prayer, with the 3 holes representing the Holy Trinity. It was an integral food for Catholics and a popular snack during Lent.
6EdJw TIL that the backup crew for Apollo 12 (who later crewed Apollo 15) played a joke on the main crew by inserting Playboy photos into their wrist mounted checklists worn on the surface of the moon. Nude photos went to the moon 14 years before the first US woman in space.