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TIL that Coco Chanel was a Nazi agent

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9a6G TIL when drug lord Pablo Escobar’s personal zoo was left abandoned after his death, four hippos escaped into the wilds of Colombia; their numbers have since grown to around 40.
9wpa6 TIL of Heteropaternal Superfecundation - When twins are conceived with sperm from two different men. One way this can occur is when the sperm survives for a few days inside the female reproductive tract.
yeZv TIL of Rachel Hoffman, a 23-y.o. college grad who was murdered in a drug sting gone wrong. After being caught with 5 oz. of weed & 4 ecstasy pills, she was forced to try buying $13k of coke, ecstasy, & a gun.