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TIL in the 1950s, hundreds of babies were on loan from orphanages to various U.S. universities. There, students could practice the latest child-rearing theories of the day on a real newborn. After a year or two, the babies would leave their multiple mothers to find homes in adoptive families.

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AdLo TIL that 80% of French bulldog litters require artificial insemination and caesarean section to give birth. This is because many males are incapable of breeding due to slim hips that make them unable to mount the female.
NDMQ TIL that in 2010, a woman named Lori Ruff committed suicide. Her husband’s family found a box among her possessions that contained name change documents and the birth certificate of a long-dead two-year-old girl. However, the true identity of Lori Ruff has now been discovered!
GY4OG TIL the US Navy placed a top secret tap on a Russian underwater communications cable in the Sea of Okhotsk after finding the cables' location was marked by signs along the remote Siberian shoreline saying "No anchoring - underwater cable".
OGJr7 TIL about the Mariel boatlift, which saw around 125000 people leave Cuba, among them political dissenters, homosexuals and prison inmates
6EkrJ TIL that platypus milk contains a milk protein that is has not been identified in any other animal . The protein was named 'Shirley Temple' in tribute to the former child-actor’s distinctive curly hair. It also has unique antibacterial properties and is undergoing research for fighting superbugs.