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TIL that babies shouldn't drink water

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g5kb TIL a woman by the name of Lydia Fairchild took a DNA test that showed that the biological mother of her own children was her twin sister that did not exist. Further testing showed she was a chimera: a person who absorbs their twin in the womb and has two sets of DNA.
5Ygm9 TIL that bails of hay can spontaneously combust if they contain too much moisture.
yVej8 TIL beavers have felled trees 145 ft tall and nearly 4 ft in diameter and the largest known dam is 2,790 ft long
oR1QL TIL Wealth matters more than ability to succeed in school
bxK4 TIL that in Persian rug making, a deliberate mistake is always placed in the rug because ‘to weave a perfect rug or carpet would be an offence to Allah’