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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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kJ1Yg Til in the original Charlie and the chocolate factory ran into controversy with the NAACP over its depictions of Oompa-Loompas as being of "black pygmy descent" with an illustration to go along t after hearing the criticism Dahl decided to change it to be more fantastical.
vGVx TIL the CIA was responsible for overthrowing the democratically elected government of Iran in 1953.
8ar0G TIL there are over 35,000 islands in The Great Lakes of North America.
WM5L TIL That more uranium is released by coal fired power plants in one week than has been released by all nuclear power plants combined (including Chernobyl/other accidents) over the past 50 years
wxv1 TIL In early 1900s NYC, it was acceptable for gangs of teenagers to swipe and stomp people’s straw hats if worn past Sept 15th. One day in 1922, they started early. People fought back, and 8 days of riots ensued.