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TIL that Punxsutawney Phil and his ancestors have an accuracy rate of 39% going back to 1887

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xM5D TIL “Confirmed bachelor” used to be a term used to refer to homosexual men.
R7XNl TIL in the year 2000 the award-winning publication UPI (United Press International) was bought by billionaire cult leader Sun Myung Moon, who claimed to be the second coming of Christ. Mr. Moon has since died, but UPI is still owned by his holding company.
0dXJN TIL that women can give birth to twins with different biological fathers (heteropaternal superfecundation). The frequency has not been established, but one study found it occurred in around 1 in every 42 cases of fraternal twins whose parents were involved in paternity disputes.
nW4do TIL China used more cement between 2011 and 2013 than the US did in the entire 20th century
7lVb TIL A man once sued Pepsi after trying to buy a Harrier fighter jet with Pepsi Points