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TIL about Superfecundation/bipaternization, when a woman is pregnant with 2 babies at the same time each with a different father.

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dmgZ TIL: The patent for the Lego brick expired years ago, which is why copycat products like Mega Bloks are allowed to exist.
P1gaJ TIL that the guy who invented the sewing machine had 26 kids with two wives and three mistresses. After he was arrested for bigamy, he fled to England. When he died, his family split his $13M fortune, except for his son William who testified against him in his divorce. William inherited $500.
B7ML TIL After President Kennedy’s autopsy, his brain, tissue slides and other autopsy materials immediately disappeared and have not been found since
1mbD TIL Gerald Ford became both American vice-president and president without being elected to either office.
gjAW TIL that in order to popularize potatoes in France, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields, instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to “steal” the crop.