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TIL That women can get pregnant while pregnant. This rare phenomena’s called “Superfetation.”

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vPYML TIL German chemist Otto Hahn won the nobel prize in chemistry in 1945 for the discovery of nuclear fission. But he was unable to receive the prize, because he was still a captive of the Allies for working on Germany's nuclear program.
XEpVj TIL After 3 years at Harvard, Gabe Newell dropped out to join Microsoft in 1983. He later said: "I learned more in 3 months at Microsoft than in my entire time at Harvard"
m1Lkx TIL about Pink Panthers, an international jewel thief network, responsible for over 350 robberies totaling over $500 million, with dozens of members breaking out of prisons worldwide.
JWym TIL In 1955 Hugh Hefner released a short story about straight men being persecuted in a gay world. After receiving numerous hatemail, he released a statement saying “If it was wrong to persecute heterosexuals in a homosexual society then the reverse was wrong, too.”
epjXg Today I learned that there was a fire in one of Titanic's coal rooms prior to the departure from Europe to MY. Titanic had an active smoldering coals the entire voyage.