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TIL Years ago, when two children were born within 12 months of each other, people called them "Irish twins." When a mom had three kids within three years, they were called "Irish triplets." This was due to a derogatory stereotype of poor Irish Catholic families having lots of kids close together.

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YREv TIL that the last meal is based on a superstition from pre-modern Europe. By accepting the last meal, the condemned was believed to forgive the executioner, the judge, and witness(es). This would prevent the condemned from returning as a ghost to haunt those responsible for their killing.
0MKN TIL Linda Hamilton’s twin sister was her double in Terminator II. She appeared as a reflection in the mirror and as the T-1000 disguise of Sarah Conner.
5pQ8 TIL that Lil Wayne was saved at 12 years old by a white police officer named Uncle Bob. “He was white as snow…my life was saved by a white man. I don’t know what racism is. I know a good mother fucker named Uncle Bob though”
9wywm TIL Egg yolk color preferences are regional. For example, research has found that, on average, German consumers like yolks darker than UK consumers. Large scale egg producers know these preferences and can manipulate the yolk color, via feed, to dial in the right colors for the right market.
D1bvg TIL in 2016 Scientists observed the first case of a giant spider eating an opossum: Scientists from the University of Michigan were studying predation of small vertebrates by arthropods in the Peruvian Amazon when they came across a giant tarantula devouring an opossum, which was still twitching