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

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awMdZ TIL of President Husni al-Za'im , who after taking over the Syrian government tried to give women right to vote, did not execute anyone during his reign and tried to make peace with Israel.
9YQVr TIL that the lethal dose of chocolate for a human is 22 lbs, or 40 Hershey Bars.
L7M9 TIL that the French have a different cheese for every day of the year. Cheese experts estimate the total number of different French cheeses is around 1000.
4XrjR TIL about Newgrange, "an exceptionally grand passage tomb built [in Ireland] during the Neolithic period, around 3200 BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids."
RAD6 TIL that Leo Fender, the founder of Fender and the person who developed the first solid-body electric guitar and electric bass guitar, never learned to play either instrument.