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TIL Ralph Lauren's Original name is Ralph Lifshitz

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40Zg TIL that due to a now banned fertility treatment, there are 30-50 people in the world that each have three biological parents.
8ew8b TIL that Dubai's Burj Khalifa has no sewage system - so trucks have to pump out poo every day
p8ree TIL of Wilfred Wood, a private serving in the British Army during WW1 who, 100 years ago to the day, single handedly overran 2 enemy encampments using only his Lewis gun and forced the surrender of 300 enemy soldiers. For this bravery, he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
GAAK7 TIL That Heron of Alexandria created a mechanism that would automatically open the doors of a temple in the 1st-century BC
JYXn8 TIL The "Never argue with a fool" quote lacks proof crediting it to Mark Twain. The oldest suspected source is biblical proverbs 26:4 and 26:5: "Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him. Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be wise in his own eyes."