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TIL that a single Anonymous Sperm Donor has fathered 150 children, and inspired two movies.

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gMed9 TIL of General Butt Naked, who killed 20.000 people and and carried out regular human sacrifice and cannibalism of children during the First Liberian Civil War
nWyXb TIL that Emma Gibson, frozen as an embryo in 1992, was born in 2017 to a mother who was born in 1991
yQZvJ TIL the production of Apocalypse Now had actual dead bodies on set, from someone who supplied bodies to medical schools for autopsies. It turned out he was a grave robber.
ADmyw TIL that in 1910 moose were introduced to a remote part of New Zealand known as Fiordland. They are believed to have mostly died out, but to this day, traces of a mysterious moose presence are occasionally still found in the region. The moose themselves however haven't been seen since 1952.
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