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TIL of Lydia Fairchild a mother from Washington State who's accused of fraud & kidnapping her own children. During application for government assistance, DNA test shows she has no connection to her kids. It turned out she has chimerism, she has 2 sets of DNA, the reason for the maternal test anomaly

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6QRl TIL that not only did Eisenhower warn us about the the “military-industrial complex”, he also warned about the “domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment” and the “scientific-technological elite”
rRdxx TIL that Alexander Hamilton was involved in at least TEN duels with Ten other people whom he either was called out by or he called out, before his Duel with Aaron Burr. Each of the previous duels the pistols had failed to fire. One of these was James Monroe, founding father and Potus #5
Aaba TIL that Matt Stone and Trey Parker offer low-profile, non-speaking roles to celebrities and that George Clooney was offered the role of Stan’s dog. He accepted, voicing several very good barks. Jay Leno has also provided the meows for Cartman’s cat.
gMd08 TIL about Peter Oakley, known as Geriatric1927 on youtube, he was the most subscribed youtube account in 2006, in his channel he talked about his life experiences, such as growing up in the UK during WW2 and experiencing the British inter-war school system, he passed away in 2014 at 86 years old
8pWZ TIL The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) turns into a nightclub/lounge at night, where you can drink and explore every gallery after hours