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TIL that Hawaiian Water-Powered Jet Packs Pose a Threat to Fishes and Coral Reef

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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.
Oo4pe TIL a substitute teacher in Ohio was convicted of four felony counts and sentenced to 90 days in jail along with 3 years of probation, for showing a high school Spanish class the 2012 horror film “The ABCs of Death”.
v15Lr TIL Napoleon's worst defeat may not have been Waterloo. In a scene worthy of Monty Python, Napoleon was forced to flee a swarm of rabbits that they were supposed to be hunting. The organizers of the hunt mistakenly purchased domesticated rabbits; the bunnies "attacked" the party expecting treats.
7GXx TIL that a stockbroker named Nicholas Winton brought 669 Czechoslovakian Jewish children to England, saving their lives. He refused to take credit for his deed until his wife found a scrapbook of the children that he saved and gave it to the BBC. He turns 104 this year.
ZVQG TIL Tanks were originally called tanks as a way of misleading the enemy into thinking they were water tanks shipped to areas of the battle where water was scarce.